Cyberloafing at the workplace: age and gender differences
Cyberloafing is a form of deviant workplace behavior which involves the use of organizations’ internet access by employees during working hours for non-work purposes. Recently, there is an increasing interest among researchers on cyberloafing at the workplace among employees due to the negative cons...
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Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia
2013
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| description | Cyberloafing is a form of deviant workplace behavior which involves the use of organizations’ internet access by employees during working hours for non-work purposes. Recently, there is an increasing interest among researchers on cyberloafing at the workplace among employees due to the negative consequences of this behavior. This paper presents a literature review of age and gender differences in cyberloafing by describing the pattern of involvement among younger and older employees as well as male and female employees. Implications for organizations in formulating prevention–intervention policies on internet abuse at the workplace is also presented. |
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| spelling | upm-650782018-09-03T04:52:02Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65078/ Cyberloafing at the workplace: age and gender differences Ahmad, Aminah Omar, Zoharah Cyberloafing is a form of deviant workplace behavior which involves the use of organizations’ internet access by employees during working hours for non-work purposes. Recently, there is an increasing interest among researchers on cyberloafing at the workplace among employees due to the negative consequences of this behavior. This paper presents a literature review of age and gender differences in cyberloafing by describing the pattern of involvement among younger and older employees as well as male and female employees. Implications for organizations in formulating prevention–intervention policies on internet abuse at the workplace is also presented. Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65078/1/ICYOUTH2013-31.pdf Ahmad, Aminah and Omar, Zoharah (2013) Cyberloafing at the workplace: age and gender differences. In: International Conference on Youth 2013 (ICYOUTH 2013), 29-31 Oct. 2013, Mines Wellness Hotel, Sri Kembangan, Selangor. (pp. 1-6). |
| spellingShingle | Ahmad, Aminah Omar, Zoharah Cyberloafing at the workplace: age and gender differences |
| title | Cyberloafing at the workplace: age and gender differences |
| title_full | Cyberloafing at the workplace: age and gender differences |
| title_fullStr | Cyberloafing at the workplace: age and gender differences |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cyberloafing at the workplace: age and gender differences |
| title_short | Cyberloafing at the workplace: age and gender differences |
| title_sort | cyberloafing at the workplace: age and gender differences |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65078/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65078/1/ICYOUTH2013-31.pdf |