Influence of Personality Traits on Cyberloafing in the Service Sector of Pakistan

Abro, Sanaullah; Phulpoto, Nazar Hussain; Memon, Saifullah; Brohi, Manzoor Ali

doi:10.52633/jemi.v3i2.88

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“…Job role uncertainty,[ 9 ] personality traits (i.e., self-control and addiction behavior),[ 10 ] cyberloafing psychological entitlement, job characteristics, and work stress[ 11 ] are the leading causes of cyberloafing. According to the studies conducted in Pakistan, abusive supervision[ 12 ] and job stress[ 13 ] were positive with cyberloafing.…”

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Assessing the Workplace Cyberloafing Behavior among Pharmacists in Pakistan

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Deng

Kim

et al. 2022

Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice

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Objective: After the commencement of the Internet and the popularity of various electronic devices, cyberloafing has become prevalent in the workplace regardless of professional type, demographic characteristics, and country. Individuals use the Internet for work-irrelevant purposes during work hours, which is believed to have a controversial role in work productivity. However, rare studies have paid attention to the prevalence of cyberloafing behavior among Pakistan pharmacists. Considering pharmacists' essential role in the health sector, this study investigates the prevalence of cyberloafing activities among workplace pharmacists in Pakistan. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted among 242 registered pharmacists in Pakistan between October 2021 and February 2022 with a structured self-administered online questionnaire. The final sample consisted of 200 valid responses after screening. Data were processed through exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analyses. Pearson Chi-square analysis was also used to test the correlation between factors. Findings: Descriptive analysis shows that pharmacists spend more time on sharing-related activities and least on gambling/gaming-related activities in the workplace. All the items' Cronbach's alpha values range from 0.923 to 0.927. The analysis indicates that (60%) pharmacists have intermediate Internet skills. The results also suggest that age, Internet usage, and work area have a strong relationship with cyberloafing behaviors which also, in turn, are linked with their perceived Internet skills. This study has important practical implications for pharmacy management in Pakistan. Conclusion: Cyberloafing behavior is prevalent among Pakistan pharmacists. Our findings could inspire how managers and all other relevant stakeholders could improve the pharmacy system in Pakistan.

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Assessing the Workplace Cyberloafing Behavior among Pharmacists in Pakistan

Aslam

Deng

Kim

et al. 2022

Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice

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Sparking leadership and perceived organizational support as predictors of cyberloafing

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2024

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Alongside numerous benefits in business life (such as additional business opportunities, increased labour productivity), the Internet is responsible for adverse effects like cyberloafing in the workplace. Accessing the Internet for personal purposes during work hours is a prominent reason for counterproductive employee behaviour. The current theoretical background, however, is not sufficient to explain the causes of such behaviour. The article aims to identify the role of such factors as sparking leadership and perceived organizational support in preventing employees’ willingness to use their work time to engage in nonwork-related internet activities. To do so, five dimensions of cyberloafing are discussed: sharing, shopping, real-time updating, accessing online content, and gaming/gambling. Leadership theories, social exchange theory, and organizational support theory constitute the methodological basis of the research. The methods used are confirmatory factor analysis, and the PLS-SEM technique to reach a path model revealing the direct, indirect, and total relationships between the given dimensions. The data were collected from March to September 2023 through a face-to-face survey with 95 respondents from over 40 SMEs operating in Türkiye. The results revealed that perceived organizational support mediates the relationship between sparking leadership and sharing, shopping, and real-time updating dimensions of cyberloafing. The results point to the need for reconsidering organizational practices, values, and policies in a way that would foster employees’ well-being and happiness within the organization and mitigate their cyberloafing behaviour.

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Influence of Personality Traits on Cyberloafing in the Service Sector of Pakistan

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Assessing the Workplace Cyberloafing Behavior among Pharmacists in Pakistan

Assessing the Workplace Cyberloafing Behavior among Pharmacists in Pakistan

Sparking leadership and perceived organizational support as predictors of cyberloafing

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