Minor and serious Cyber-loafing impact on innovative behavior

Abstract

Abstract

Considering the current epoch of computer-generated technology and specifically the dependency on such technologies in the workplace is increasing drastically.  This paper reflects the importance of the use of social media in organizations and how these social media activities affect the work behavior of employees. The paper also highlights the level of involvement of employees in these cyber-loafing activities. The two basic types of cyber-loafing i-e minor cyber-loafing and serious cyber-loafing are discussed in the paper. Quantitative technique that is questionnaires were used for the collection of data. Data was collected from private sector universities of Peshawar. Hypothesis were tested  using statistical tool, such as regression and correlation and the results reveal that minor cyber-loafing has a significant positive relationship with innovative work behavior where as serious cyber-loafing has significant negative relationship with innovative work behavior.

Keywords: Cyber-loafing (CL), Minor cyber-loafing (MCL), Serious cyber-loafing (SCL), Innovative work behavior (IWB)