Abstract
This paper covers about cyberloafing and its predictable effects on organizational productivity. The intention of this research paper is to discuss whether employee job attitudes, organizational characteristics, attitudes towards cyberloafing and other non-Internet loafing behavior has the chance of affecting task performance of the employees. We discuss that the employee job attitudes of job involvement and intrinsic involvement are connected to cyberloafing. In addition, we discuss that organizational characteristics including the apparent cyberloafing of one’s coworkers and managerial support for internet usage are related to cyberloafing. We also arrived some conclusions from previous researches that attitudes towards cyberloafing and the extent to which employees participate in non-Internet loafing behaviors (e.g., talking with coworkers, running personal works) will both be related to cyberloafing. In addition, this paper covers a general view on cyberloafing among the organizations and their support to use the internet facility for the knowledge gained workers in a modern work environment.
Highlights
Cyber loafing is a term used to define the activities of employees who use their Internet access at work for personal use whereas pretending to do genuine work
The intention of this research paper is to discuss whether employee job attitudes, organizational characteristics, attitudes towards cyberloafing and other non-Internet loafing behavior has the chance of affecting task performance of the employees
One of the groups was told that a funny video was available and was allowed to click and watch the 10-minute video; the other group was told that a funny video was available but was not allowed to click and watch the video
Summary
Break analogy, researchers have drawn different conclusions regarding the implications. The boost is assumed to be substantial enough to overcome any loss in productivity incurred during the cyberloafing session itself (Mirchandani & Motwani, 2003) The mechanism for this effect is one of recovery: cognitive resources are drained during work-related tasks and engaging in cyberloafing recovers these resources allowing the employee to become more productive. Researchers who take this perspective (Belanger & Van Slyke, 2002, Block, 2001) rely on the break literature and Baumeister’s Ego Depletion Model to support their predictions. If this perspective is correct, there should be a positive relationship between cyberloafing and task performance. This is understood as one of the key reasons,groups are occasionally less productive than the combined performance of their members working as individuals, but should be notable from the unintentional coordination problems that groups sometimes experience
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