Cyberloafing Management in Organizations

Entering into the third millennium and current information age, organizations and people are increasingly using technologies and networks. In recent decades, technological progresses have rapidly dominated the world. In this vein, the emergence of the Internet in different aspects of life is considered to be the greatest development of the 21st century. The Internet, along with technological advancements in the workplace, has created new opportunities for individuals’ deviational behaviours. As a result, organizations face serious challenges. Internet emergence in the workplace has created many opportunities for organizations, e.g., increasing the velocity of communications in the organization. On the other hand, employees can use the internet for personal and non-working purposes. Online activities with personal aims are called cyberloafing/ cyberslacking. Hence, cyberloafing management is highly important. In this paper, we analyse the importance of this subject, as well as the different aspects of this phenomenon. To do this, we discuss relevant literature and texts. We also show these aspects in an Antecedents Behaviour Consequences (ABC) model. In this model, personality, job demands, role conflict, organizational policies and organizational justice are considered as the antecedents. Cyberloafing as behaviour, productivity and exhaustion are the consequences.