ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION AND CYBERLOAFING: A RESEARCH ON PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

Year 2017, Volume: 4 Issue: 9, 79 - 93, 25.12.2017

Selma Karatepe , Mustafa Güngör

Abstract

The expansion of
the devices which are about internet technology in business life has caused non
work related internet using during working hours increasingly. Researches
related to cyberloafing has stressed on both negative and positive effects of
internet using. The aim of this research is to
examine the effects of organizational identification levels of public sector
employees on the reasons and sub-dimensions of cyberloafing (non-business
internet use during working hours). Survey method was used in the research. The
questionnaire was applied to 243 person who are working in one of public sector
company in Ankara and selected randomly from this institution. Analysis was
based on factor analysis and simple linear regression. As a result, there is a
positively, moderately and significant relation between the level of
organizational identification of employees and "Developmental /
Informational" oriented non-work related internet using. In this context,
it is seen that employees with high level of organizational identification use
internet for positive purposes such as to improve themselves / gain new skills
during working hours, to follow the agenda or to increase their knowledge about
the topics they are interested. There is no significant relation between
organizational identification and "leisure / self-renewal /
addiction" oriented non work related internet using.

Keywords

Cyberloafing, Counterproductive Work Behavior, Organizational Identification

ÖRGÜTSEL ÖZDEŞLEŞME VE SANAL KAYTARMA: KAMU ÇALIŞANLARI ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Abstract

İnternet
teknolojisi ile ilgili cihazların iş ortamında yaygınlaşması çalışanların, iş
saatlerinde gittikçe artan oranlarda iş dışı amaçlarla internet kullanımına
sebebiyet vermiştir. Konu ile ilgili araştırmalarda mesai saatlerinde iş dışı
amaçlarla internet kullanımının olumlu ve olumsuz yönlerine dikkat
çekilmektedir. Bu araştırmanın amacı, kamu sektörü çalışanlarının örgütsel
özdeşleşme düzeylerinin, sanal kaytarma (mesai saatlerinde iş dışı internet
kullanımı) gerekçeleri ve alt boyutlarına olan etkilerinin incelenmesidir.
Araştırmada anket yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Anket formu, Ankara'da kamu
sektöründe faaliyet yürüten bir kuruma bağlı dikimevinde çalışan ve bu kurumdan
rastlantısal olarak seçilmiş 243 kişiye uygulanmıştır. Analizler aşamasında
faktör analizinden ve basit doğrusal regresyondan yararlanılmıştır. Sonuç
olarak çalışanların örgütsel özdeşleşme düzeyi ile "Gelişimsel/Bilgisel"
gerekçeli iş dışı internet kullanımı arasında pozitif yönde, orta kuvvette ve
anlamlı ilişki tespit edilmiştir. Bu bağlamda örgütsel özdeşleşme düzeyi yüksek
olan çalışanların mesai saatlerinde daha çok kendini
geliştirmek / yeni beceriler kazanmak, gündemi takip etmek veya merak ettiği / ilgi
duyduğu konularla ilgili bilgi birikimini artırmak gibi olumlu amaçlarla
internet kullandıkları görülmektedir. Örgütsel özdeşleşme ile "Eğlence/Kendini
Yenileme/Bağımlılık" gerekçeli iş dışı internet kullanımı arasında anlamlı
ilişki tespit edilmemiştir. 

Keywords

Sanal Kaytarma, Üretkenlik Karşıtı İş Davranışları, Örgütsel Özdeşleşme

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