Determinants of Internet Media Abuse in the workplace using Theory of Planned Behavior

Abstract

The usage of internet media is becoming important, and many people worldwide use the internet media as a communication tool. Internet is a medium of information, and communication technologies are highly used to provide a variety of unlimited resources and activities by individual users and organizations. This study is written to determine the effect of internet media abuse in the organization using the Theory of Planned Behavior. The design of this study is a quantitative approach through a survey questionnaire to 127 employees in the Majlis Daerah Marang, Terengganu, Malaysia. The result indicated that internet addiction and perceived need policy significantly correlated with a hobby. Besides that, job satisfaction and productivity have a significant negative effect on hobbies. Also, internet addiction and subjective norms have a significant positive relationship with information. The internet addiction and perceived need policy have a significant positive relationship with transactions. Then, this study also found that job satisfaction has a significant negative effect on transactions among employees in the Majlis Daerah Marang, Terengganu. In conclusion, this study has successfully identified the determinants of internet media abuse in the workplace using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). This study contributes to internet media abuse and recommendation for organization administration to combat internet media abuse among the employees.