The effect of cyberloafing on employee productivity

Saleh, et al.

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Volume 5, Issue 4 (April 2018), Pages: 87-92 ---------------------------------------------- Original Research Paper Title: The effect of cyberloafing on employee productivity Author(s): Malik Saleh , Ibtisam Daqqa, Mohammad Bassam AbdulRahim, Nihad Sakallah Affiliation(s):* Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2018.04.011 Full Text - PDF XML Abstract: The aim of this paper is to explore the cyberloafing behavior and its effect on employees’ productivity. A total of 250 employees were asked to participate in a survey of 20 companies in Saudi Arabia, in which a controlled experiment was conducted to collect and analyze data. From the results, the odds of a person spending zero hours using the internet were seen to be more productive. An increase of 1 hour using the internet for educational activity will increase the odds of being productive by three times. It is deemed important to allow an employee to engage in recreational activities. In addition, employers who restrict Internet services on Social Networking and Web Browsing will see an increase in the Work/Educational activities from their employees. © 2018 The Authors. Published by IASE. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Keywords: Cyberloafing, Employee productivity, Restricted internet access, Controlled experiment Article History: Received 22 November 2017, Received in revised form 7 February 2018, Accepted 10 February 2018 Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2018.04.011 Citation: Saleh M, Daqqa I, AbdulRahim MB, and Sakallah N (2018). The effect of cyberloafing on employee productivity. 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