Dublin Core
Title
Factors Influencing Cyberloafing Behaviour among Employees.
Creator
Degnon Cyane Emeline
Description
The research was mainly to investigate on factors influencing cyberloafing behavior. Basically, the researchers identified the factors influencing cyberloafing within some
Ghanaians organizations and critically analyse the impacts of cyberloafing behavior on both employee performance and organization. The researcher examined the determining factors and consequences of cyberloafing behavior, identified the factors at the origin of cyberloafing and then investigated on the controlling measures as a toll for management to eradicate to the phenomenon. The factors that can justify cyberloafing behavior vary from one place to the other. The main factors influencing cyberloafing were found as individual factors, organizational factors, and situational factors. Among the multitude of individual attitudes and behaviors in the workplace, personality traits seem to be the focusing area of many scholars to explain the behavior and might be used in this research as well.
The examination of individuals’ prexisting tendencies can provide the proof that the internet is misused. The research was based on one main source of data, quantitative research approach, thus, primary and secondary sources of data collection were used to help identify the result of the study. The primary data sources include collection of data from certain organization in Ghana. Data collection was through the use of questionnaires. Secondary data were obtained through supportive material and research works from text book, articles, report and other electronic sources as well as those from the University library and international journals available online which were a great support for this study. The data analysis were done through one sample t-test to assess cyberloafing prevalence and employee performance, while path coefficient analyses were used to assess factors influencing cyberloafing and its
impacts on employee performance. The result revealed that there is a relationship between cyberloafing and employee performance. Further studies also demonstrated that cyberloafing was having a great impact both on employee performance and organization.
Ghanaians organizations and critically analyse the impacts of cyberloafing behavior on both employee performance and organization. The researcher examined the determining factors and consequences of cyberloafing behavior, identified the factors at the origin of cyberloafing and then investigated on the controlling measures as a toll for management to eradicate to the phenomenon. The factors that can justify cyberloafing behavior vary from one place to the other. The main factors influencing cyberloafing were found as individual factors, organizational factors, and situational factors. Among the multitude of individual attitudes and behaviors in the workplace, personality traits seem to be the focusing area of many scholars to explain the behavior and might be used in this research as well.
The examination of individuals’ prexisting tendencies can provide the proof that the internet is misused. The research was based on one main source of data, quantitative research approach, thus, primary and secondary sources of data collection were used to help identify the result of the study. The primary data sources include collection of data from certain organization in Ghana. Data collection was through the use of questionnaires. Secondary data were obtained through supportive material and research works from text book, articles, report and other electronic sources as well as those from the University library and international journals available online which were a great support for this study. The data analysis were done through one sample t-test to assess cyberloafing prevalence and employee performance, while path coefficient analyses were used to assess factors influencing cyberloafing and its
impacts on employee performance. The result revealed that there is a relationship between cyberloafing and employee performance. Further studies also demonstrated that cyberloafing was having a great impact both on employee performance and organization.
Subject
MBA Oil and Gas
Date
September, 2016
Contributor
Kwame Simpe Ofori