Knowledge@SMU
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
6-2012
Abstract
While most people will agree that the internet has given rise to greater efficiency and productivity, there are concerns that these technologies increasingly represent a threat to the workplace – as an instrument for distraction and loafing around. What might influence people to submit to the temptations of news, entertainment and social networking sites, and to avoid work? SMU assistant professor David T. Wagner studied internet traffic patterns to find out more.
Disciplines
Business | Human Resources Management
Copyright Owner and Holder
Copyright © Singapore Management University 2012
Licece/Creative Commons Licence
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Article ID
1430
Subject(s)
Human Resources
Citation
Knowledge@SMU.
Loafing behind screens: Of websites and work-avoidance. (2012).
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/124