Cyberloafing tendencies of the workers: the case of Silifke organized industrial zone

The rapid progress of technology, as well as the positive results for individuals, can create theground for some problems from a managerial point of view. The concept of cyberloafing meansthat employees use information and communication technologies for their own purposes ratherthan the business goals and that the time allocated to work is passed through technologicalopportunities for their personal purposes. Employees, aside from the business processes, followtheir social media accounts in accordance with their personal goals, spend time withcorrespondence and engage in interactive content. Behaviors such as spending time on shoppingwebsites, reviewing discount campaigns, researching personal financial investment opportunitiesare considered within the scope of cyberloafing. In this respect, the concept of cyberloafing is aphenomenon that needs to be met with emphasis on the businesses having the objectives ofefficiency and sustainability. The aim of the study is to measure the cyberloafing tendencies ofthe employees in businesses located in the Organized Industrial Zone of Silifke and to determinetheir differences according to socio-demographic variables. In this quantitative type of research,the simple random sampling method is preferred and the data are obtained from 212participants of 46 businesses by using face to face interview method. The participants of thestudy are the employees of the industrial businesses actively operating in Silifke OrganizedIndustrial Zone. In the data collection form, cyberloafing scale developed by Lim (2002) was usedand the obtained data were analyzed through SPSS program. According to the findings, there arestatistically meaningful differences between cyberloafing behaviors and socio-demographicfeatures such as level of personal achievement, level of technology and social media use, maritalstatus, education level and business sector.