Employee job attitudes and organizational characteristics as predictors of cyberloafing

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2192-2199

  Liberman, Benjamín ^a   Seidman, Gwendolyn ^b   McKenna, Katelyn Y A ^c   Buffardi, Laura E ^d  

^a 226 Thompson Hall ^*  (United States)

^b ALBRIGHT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Cyberloafing; Internet; Job attitudes; Organizations; Production deviance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; CYBERLOAFING; INTERNET USAGE; JOB ATTITUDES; ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PERSONAL USE; WORKING PROFESSIONALS;

INTERNET; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 80052794033     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.06.015     Document Type: Article

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