The Impact of Cyberloafing: A Literature Review and Future Prospects

Abstract

With the rapid development of the internet on a global scale, the use of internet communication equipment and the digitization of workplaces has accelerated, leading to widespread concern about "cyberloafing". Since 2002, scholars have discussed various aspects and types of cyberloafing, exploring its antecedents, consequences, and mechanisms. In recent years, due to the widespread presence of cyberloafing in management practice, there has been a growing number of studies on its impact, and scholars are increasingly concerned with how to transform cyberloafing into productive behavior for employees and organizations. Therefore, a new and targeted review of the existing literature on the impact of cyberloafing is necessary.In this review, we examine all the studies investigating the outcomes of cyberloafing, integrate existing research, and propose future research directions.