Freedom to surf: the positive effects of workplace Internet leisure browsing

Coker, Brent

doi:10.1111/j.1468-005x.2011.00272.x

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“…The project plans to implement a dedicated social media strategy to increase student enrolments, maintain student engagement, and facilitate donor and partner interest. Coker (2011) argues that granting freedom to browse provides employees with an opportunity to refresh and revitalise their thoughts, and the feeling that they have a certain amount of freedom or independence in the workplace. Internationally, several universities and organizations have successfully integrated social media, in marketing and communications (Murphy, 2012) and increasingly students are using University social media pages as a community forum (Macquarie University, 2012).…”

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The role of information technology in strengthening human resources for health

Sarkis

Mwanri

2013

Health Education

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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss innovative ways of addressing HumanResources for Health (HRH) shortage in the Pacific, supported by a review of the literature and the Pacific Open Learning Health Net (POLHN), a program created in response to the Pacific's HRH concern.Design/Methodology/Approach: A systematic search was conducted of English literature between 1990 and 2012. A number of key words, singly and/or in combination, were used to search for articles on ProQuest and PubMed.Original articles were identified and reference lists scrutinised to obtain additional literature. Due to the paucity of information, only narrative review was conducted and themes emerging from the literature identified and critically reviewed.Findings: There is a worldwide HRH shortage and a need to improve the skills of the health workforce to respond to changing population health needs. Continuing education (CE) through use of information technology (IT) is a means to strengthen HRH. POLHN is one example of an initiative to improve health worker skills and motivation.Technological change is increasingly common place in society. To make sense of these changes, practitioners can look for common themes in successful technological innovations of interactivity; information access, creation, or sharing; communication; and simplicity.To ensure effective governance CE and IT are used to strengthen HRH, there is a need to incorporate qualitative as well as quantitative measures, to prioritise the creation of quality, relevant, and appropriate resources, and to facilitate access and active participation by health workers.Originality/values: The paper highlights the complexity of HRH shortage as a global problem, which demands multiple initiatives to respond to the shortage in the pursuit of skilled, equitable and just delivery of health services and distribution of health service providers. One initiative that has worked elsewhere is professional development of health professionals through the provision of continuing education (CE) using information technology (IT). Online learning offers a pathway to address HRH shortage Archived at the Flinders Academic Commons: http://dspace.flinders.edu.au/dspace/ 3 and overcomes challenges posed by distance, limited infrastructure, and in small remote communities. POLHN contributes to improved skills and knowledge among health professionals who can, as a result, deliver better health services in a region as geographically dispersed and isolated as the Pacific.

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Section: Social Mediamentioning

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The role of information technology in strengthening human resources for health

Sarkis

Mwanri

2013

Health Education

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“…Cyberloafing activities were modified from the questionnaire developed by Coker (2011). There were 20 types of cyberloafing activities that had been adapted to the context of this study, such as reading online news, reading/checking social network websites (including Twitter and Facebook), watching video online (e.g.…”

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“…Furthermore, cyberloafing for personal purposes is claimed to have negative consequences for company's and employees' productivity (Griffiths, 2010); however, cyberloafing within a moderate amount can give considerable advantage (Coker, 2011). Hence, the objective of this study is to analyze whether Gen Y, X, and Baby Boomers have the same motivation for cyberloafing in the workplace.…”

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Motivation of Cyberloafers in the Workplace Across Generations in Indonesia

Hartijasti

Fathonah

2015

ijcse

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In the era of constant connectivity, using the internet for personal purposes during working hours may become counterproductive. However, surfing for a few minutes could be stress reliever for employees. Therefore, the objective of this study is to analyze motivation of cyberloafers among Indonesian employees across generations. Data gathered from 313 respondents was analyzed using descriptive and chi-square analysis. Major findings of this study were that the three generations cyberloafed during office hours, but in different amounts of time and different motivation. Gen Y had a tendency to blend internet for task-personal purposes at work; whereas Gen X and Baby Boomers merely used the internet for task completion. Cyberloafing is not only the result of the employees being counterproductive, but also management failure in implementing internet policy and giving sanctions consistently.Hence, it is recommended that organizations should promote a culture of hard work by giving challenging targets with attractive incentives.

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“…Some researchers Belanger and Van Slyke, 2002;Block, 2001;Greenfield and Davis, 2002;Oravec, 2002;Stanton, 2002) argue that cyberloafing harms employers while others (Blanchard and Henle 2008;Case and Young, 2002;Coker, 2011;Coker, 2013;Greenfield and Davis, 2002;Lim, 2002;Malachowski, 2005;Mills et al, 2001) view that it enhances employee productivity. In this study, out of 20, 14 respondents rationalized that cyberloafing is beneficial for the secretaries of MWU whereas 6 respondents denied it.…”

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Exploring cyberloafing behavior in South-central Ethiopia: A close look at Madda Walabu University

Hussain¹,

Parida²

2017

J. Media Commun. Stud.

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The Internet has made a significant impact on work and the personal lives of people working around the world. While access to the Internet has changed the ways work can be carried out, it has also increased the opportunities for people to cyberloaf, while under the guise of doing work. Cyberloafing is employees' non-work related use of internet while working hours in any organization. Of late, it is a burning issue owing to its concern with employees' work culture, productivity, safety and security. This study explores cyberloafing in Madda Walabu University, situated in South-central Ethiopia aiming at employees' attitudes, opportunities and addictions to cyberloafing; and how far it has brought change in their lives. The objectives of this research are: to determine the attitude towards cyberloafing; to identify the opportunities through cyberloafing; to underline developments through cyberloafing; and to specify the addiction of cyberloafing. The participants of this research are those females who are working as secretaries of 11 different departments of Madda Walabu University having internet connection on their office computer. The study is qualitative with interview (n=20) as a tool and snowball sampling as a sampling technique. The data is transcribed, sorted, edited, coded and analyzed manually; and the results and discussion is presented through underlining themes. Findings suggest that most of the cyberloafers showed positive attitude, acknowledged opportunities; confirmed development and addiction into their lives due to cyber engagements. Further research is needed to investigate the other stakeholders like students, teachers, managers and other stakeholders in order to obtain the holistic picture of cyberloafing behavior in the Ethiopian universities.

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Freedom to surf: the positive effects of workplace Internet leisure browsing

Cited by 113 publications

References 30 publications

The role of information technology in strengthening human resources for health

The role of information technology in strengthening human resources for health

Motivation of Cyberloafers in the Workplace Across Generations in Indonesia

Exploring cyberloafing behavior in South-central Ethiopia: A close look at Madda Walabu University

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