Cyberloafing: An Emerging Online Counter-Productive Work Behaviour

Abstract

Technology has pervaded our daily lives more than ever. The use of technology has become a tool to achieve competitive advantage by firms. The pervasive use of technology also has its drawbacks. Employees who cannot recognise the limits between work and leisure may have taken this opportunity to utilise companies' Internet access while at work by surfing non-work related websites to satisfy their own needs. This behaviour is known as Cyberloafing and it is thought to contribute to failures of organisations. This study introduces cyberloafing as one of the counter-productive work behaviour at the workplace. It consists of an introduction to cyberloafing, counter-productive work behaviour, and some reviews on cyberloafing research. Overall, the study provides the reader with a better understanding of cyberloafing.