On cyberslacking: workplace status and personal internet use at work.
Is personal Internet use at work primarily the domain of lower-status employees, or do individuals higher up the organizational hierarchy engage in this activity at equal or even greater levels? We posit that higher workplace status is associated with significant incentives and greater opportunities for personal Internet use. We test this hypothesis using data collected via a recent national telephone survey (n = 1,024). Regression analyses demonstrate that, contrary to conventional wisdom, higher-status employees, as measured by occupation status, job autonomy, income, education, and gender, engage in significantly more frequent personal Internet use at work.
School of Communication, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1339, USA. garrett.258@osu.edu
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Danziger
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003142:Communication; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004648:Employee Grievances; D005260:Female; D006608:Hierarchy, Social; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D012737:Sex Factors; D012925:Social Conformity; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017132:Workplace / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*