Cyberloafing, as the use of internet, telephone, watching television etc. for non-work purposes during working hours, is a form of counterproductive workplace behaviour. So, the purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of personality traits of employees on cyberloafing behavior in hospitality businesses. The data used in this paper was obtained via a survey that was prepared through face-to-face interviews conducted among employees who had been working in 5 and 4-star hotels within the Kemer, Beldibi, Çamyuva, Belek, Kundu, Antalya. A total 600 surveys were distributed and 400 were completed and returned. Questionnaire for this study was developed from prior research in literature on a 5-point Likert-type which was based on nine dimensions of two different questionnaire. SPSS 22.0 statistical program was used to analyze the data that includes various statistical tools such as factor analysis, correlation analysis and regression analysis. As a result of the research, 9 of the hypotheses were supported while 11 hypotheses were not supported.

Cyberloafing is a form of deviant behavior in working life which affect both employees goal and organizational goals. This study examines the relationship between demographic characteristic of employees and cyberloafing behavior in hotel businesses as measured objectively by time spent by individuals on non-work-related purposes. The data used in this paper was obtained via the questionnaire of cyberloafing behavior from employees in 5 and 4-star hotels within the Kemer, Beldibi, Çamyuva, Belek, Kundu, Antalya. SPSS 22.0 statistical program was used to analyze the data that includes three statistical tools (factor analysis, t-test and the one-way Anova). As a result, some demographic characteristic of employees and cyberloafing behaviour had statistically significant. Implications of the findings are discussed. Extended Abstract in English is at the end of this documentİşgörenlerin demografik özellikleri ve sanal kaytarma davranışı arasındaki ilişki 3 ÖzTo cite this article: Demir, M., Tan, M. (2018). Relationships between demographic characteristic of employees and cyberloafing behaviour. Alıntı için: Demir, M., Tan, M. (2018). İşgörenlerin demografik özellikleri ve sanal kaytarma davranışı arasındaki ilişki. 3 Bu çalışma Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi BAP tarafından desteklenen 5024-YL1-17 nolu projeden üretilmiştir.