The relationship of cyberloafing behavior with big five personality traits
The internet has significantly help organization and companies operate efficiently.However, the convenience of computers and the internet opens up opportunities for employees to „loaf‟ on the job.Cyberloafing, or using Internet for non- work related purposes during working hours, could cause detrim...
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| author | Abidin, Rahimi Abdullah, Che Sobry Hasnan, Norlena Bajuri, A.L. |
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| description | The internet has significantly help organization and companies operate efficiently.However, the convenience of computers and the internet opens up opportunities for employees to „loaf‟ on the job.Cyberloafing, or using Internet for non-
work related purposes during working hours, could cause detrimental effects to organizations.It is believed that this behaviour is influenced by the individual personalities.This paper focuses on the relationships between five different personality traits and cyberloafing
behaviour.A survey on civil servants was conducted in order to gain the information
for the investigation.The raw data from the survey were then analysed using Pearson
correlation analysis.It is found that two of the five main personality traits have significant negative relationship with cyberloafing behaviour.The two personality traits are conscientiousness and agreeableness.These suggested that a person with higher level of conscientiousness and agreeableness has lower tendency to involve in
cyberloafing activities.Hence, it can be concluded that certain personality traits have
influence on the cyberloafing behaviour. |
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| spelling | uum-121352016-04-27T03:41:13Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/12135/ The relationship of cyberloafing behavior with big five personality traits Abidin, Rahimi Abdullah, Che Sobry Hasnan, Norlena Bajuri, A.L. BF Psychology T Technology (General) The internet has significantly help organization and companies operate efficiently.However, the convenience of computers and the internet opens up opportunities for employees to „loaf‟ on the job.Cyberloafing, or using Internet for non- work related purposes during working hours, could cause detrimental effects to organizations.It is believed that this behaviour is influenced by the individual personalities.This paper focuses on the relationships between five different personality traits and cyberloafing behaviour.A survey on civil servants was conducted in order to gain the information for the investigation.The raw data from the survey were then analysed using Pearson correlation analysis.It is found that two of the five main personality traits have significant negative relationship with cyberloafing behaviour.The two personality traits are conscientiousness and agreeableness.These suggested that a person with higher level of conscientiousness and agreeableness has lower tendency to involve in cyberloafing activities.Hence, it can be concluded that certain personality traits have influence on the cyberloafing behaviour. INSInet Publications 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/12135/1/61-66.pdf Abidin, Rahimi and Abdullah, Che Sobry and Hasnan, Norlena and Bajuri, A.L. (2014) The relationship of cyberloafing behavior with big five personality traits. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 8 (12). pp. 61-66. ISSN 1991-8178 http://ajbasweb.com/old/index.html |
| spellingShingle | BF Psychology T Technology (General) Abidin, Rahimi Abdullah, Che Sobry Hasnan, Norlena Bajuri, A.L. The relationship of cyberloafing behavior with big five personality traits |
| title | The relationship of cyberloafing behavior with big five personality traits |
| title_full | The relationship of cyberloafing behavior with big five personality traits |
| title_fullStr | The relationship of cyberloafing behavior with big five personality traits |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship of cyberloafing behavior with big five personality traits |
| title_short | The relationship of cyberloafing behavior with big five personality traits |
| title_sort | relationship of cyberloafing behavior with big five personality traits |
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