Age and gender differences in employee cyberloafing behavior
Cyberloafing at the workplace, a form of deviant behavior, refers to the use of organization’s Internet access by employees during work for non-work purposes. Recently, researchers have an increased interest in cyberloafing on the job among employees as they realize the negative outcomes of this beh...
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| author | Ahmad, Aminah Omar, Zoharah |
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| description | Cyberloafing at the workplace, a form of deviant behavior, refers to the use of organization’s Internet access by employees during work for non-work purposes. Recently, researchers have an increased interest in cyberloafing on the job among employees as they realize the negative outcomes of this behavior. This study examined whether there were differences in cyberloafing among younger and older employees as well as males and females. Using survey questionnaires, data were gathered from 260 Malaysian employees from a public sector organization. We found that irrespective of age, males engaged in cyberloafing more than females. Implications for organizations and research are presented. |
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| spelling | upm-507512017-03-03T04:14:03Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50751/ Age and gender differences in employee cyberloafing behavior Ahmad, Aminah Omar, Zoharah Cyberloafing at the workplace, a form of deviant behavior, refers to the use of organization’s Internet access by employees during work for non-work purposes. Recently, researchers have an increased interest in cyberloafing on the job among employees as they realize the negative outcomes of this behavior. This study examined whether there were differences in cyberloafing among younger and older employees as well as males and females. Using survey questionnaires, data were gathered from 260 Malaysian employees from a public sector organization. We found that irrespective of age, males engaged in cyberloafing more than females. Implications for organizations and research are presented. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50751/1/IISS_028_DrLateef.pdf Ahmad, Aminah and Omar, Zoharah (2016) Age and gender differences in employee cyberloafing behavior. In: International Conference on Youth (ICYOUTH) 2016, 15-17 Nov. 2016, Mines Wellness Hotel, Seri Kembangan, Selangor. (pp. 1-5). http://www.ipsas.upm.edu.my/dokumen/IISS_028_DrLateef.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Ahmad, Aminah Omar, Zoharah Age and gender differences in employee cyberloafing behavior |
| title | Age and gender differences in employee cyberloafing behavior |
| title_full | Age and gender differences in employee cyberloafing behavior |
| title_fullStr | Age and gender differences in employee cyberloafing behavior |
| title_full_unstemmed | Age and gender differences in employee cyberloafing behavior |
| title_short | Age and gender differences in employee cyberloafing behavior |
| title_sort | age and gender differences in employee cyberloafing behavior |
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