The relationship of cyberloafing behavior with big five personality traits

• Main Authors: Abidin, Rahimi, Abdullah, Che Sobry, Hasnan, Norlena, Bajuri, A.L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: INSInet Publications 2014
• Subjects: BF Psychology; T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/12135/1/61-66.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/12135/; http://ajbasweb.com/old/index.html

The internet has significantly help organization and companies operate efficiently.However, the convenience of computers and the internet opens up opportunities for employees to „loaf‟ on the job.Cyberloafing, or using Internet for non- work related purposes during working hours, could cause detrimental effects to organizations.It is believed that this behaviour is influenced by the individual personalities.This paper focuses on the relationships between five different personality traits and cyberloafing behaviour.A survey on civil servants was conducted in order to gain the information for the investigation.The raw data from the survey were then analysed using Pearson correlation analysis.It is found that two of the five main personality traits have significant negative relationship with cyberloafing behaviour.The two personality traits are conscientiousness and agreeableness.These suggested that a person with higher level of conscientiousness and agreeableness has lower tendency to involve in cyberloafing activities.Hence, it can be concluded that certain personality traits have influence on the cyberloafing behaviour.