Research Article

Cyberloafing: A Research on Employees of Directorate of National Property

Volume: 7 Number: 6 December 13, 2019
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Cyberloafing: A Research on Employees of Directorate of National Property

Abstract

Cyberloafing; is the non-business use of the internet and computers within working hours at work. With this research, it is aimed to determine the cyberloafing behaviors of the employees of the provincial organization of the Directorate of National Property of the Ministry of Finance. 147 employees participated in the survey by e-mail and the sample size was obtained. Non-business Internet usage at work of the participants has been examined in terms of various demographic variables and interpreted whether or not these demographic variables are influenced by internet usage preferences. Participants' cyberloafing behaviors were concentrated in behaviors considered "insignificant cyberloafing", the number of participants in "significant cyberloafing" behaviors was very small and a large number of employees regarded the internet as means of obtaining information.   

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 13, 2019

Submission Date

January 2, 2019

Acceptance Date

August 7, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 7 Number: 6

APA
Macit, G., & Macit, H. B. (2019). Cyberloafing: A Research on Employees of Directorate of National Property. Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 7(6), 311-318. https://doi.org/10.18506/anemon.506586
AMA
1.Macit G, Macit HB. Cyberloafing: A Research on Employees of Directorate of National Property. Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2019;7(6):311-318. doi:10.18506/anemon.506586
Chicago
Macit, Gamze, and Hüseyin Bilal Macit. 2019. “Cyberloafing: A Research on Employees of Directorate of National Property”. Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 7 (6): 311-18. https://doi.org/10.18506/anemon.506586.
EndNote
Macit G, Macit HB (December 1, 2019) Cyberloafing: A Research on Employees of Directorate of National Property. Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 7 6 311–318.
IEEE
[1]G. Macit and H. B. Macit, “Cyberloafing: A Research on Employees of Directorate of National Property”, Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 311–318, Dec. 2019, doi: 10.18506/anemon.506586.
ISNAD
Macit, Gamze - Macit, Hüseyin Bilal. “Cyberloafing: A Research on Employees of Directorate of National Property”. Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 7/6 (December 1, 2019): 311-318. https://doi.org/10.18506/anemon.506586.
JAMA
1.Macit G, Macit HB. Cyberloafing: A Research on Employees of Directorate of National Property. Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2019;7:311–318.
MLA
Macit, Gamze, and Hüseyin Bilal Macit. “Cyberloafing: A Research on Employees of Directorate of National Property”. Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 6, Dec. 2019, pp. 311-8, doi:10.18506/anemon.506586.
Vancouver
1.Gamze Macit, Hüseyin Bilal Macit. Cyberloafing: A Research on Employees of Directorate of National Property. Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2019 Dec. 1;7(6):311-8. doi:10.18506/anemon.506586