Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing

Cyberslacking, engagement, and personality in distributed work environments

“…We adopted the destructive view and position cyberslacking as a new form of counterproductive and deviant work behavior, for which Honesty and Procrastination were strong predictors. Yet, we see value in examinations of cyberslacking as a productive behavior that provides rest, respite, and stress reduction (Coker, 2013), and we suspect that a different set of traits may be relevant. For this form of cyberslacking, traits involving self-regulation, organization, and Emotional Stability could be important, because they would help avoid excessiveness and be unlikely to produce strong emotional feelings (e.g., reading a sensitive Facebook message) that detract from returning to work refreshed, focused, and ready to execute.…”

“…Fourth, in the cyberslacking literature there is disagreement regarding whether the behavior is viewed as productive or destructive (e.g., Coker, 2013;. We adopted the destructive view and position cyberslacking as a new form of counterproductive and deviant work behavior, for which Honesty and Procrastination were strong predictors.…”

“…Elsewhere, however, it has been noted that distributed work provides an environment ripe for cyberslacking, a phenomenon in which employees are distracted by non-work Internet browsing when they should be accomplishing work tasks (O'Neill, Hambley, & Bercovich, 2014). Cyberslacking has been considered mainly in office environments (Pee, Woon, & Kankanhalli, 2008), where it has been associated with valuable periods of respite as well as stress reduction (Coker, 2013;Lim & Chen, 2012) by allowing individuals to address non-work tasks such as planning vacations, online shopping, and non-work e-mailing . Our treatment of cyberslacking adopts O'Neill et al's (2014) view that it involves undesirable online distraction that interferes with work goal accomplishment, which may be particularly relevant during distributed work in which supervisors and peers cannot easily monitor employee behavior.…”

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

“…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.…”

Understanding who cyberloafs from the self-control perspective: A study in the public service sector

“…Coker (2013) found that Internet leisure surfing helps refresh employees' engagement at work more than other forms of less enjoyable breaks. Taking occasional breaks from work is necessary since these breaks permit employees to restore their energy which is vital for enhancing their work performance .…”