Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
9-2012
Abstract
The Internet is a powerful tool that has changed the way people work. However, the ubiquity of the Internet has led to a new workplace threat to productivity—cyberloafing. Building on the ego depletion model of self-regulation, we examine how lost and low-quality sleep influence employee cyberloafing behaviors and how individual differences in conscientiousness moderate these effects. We also demonstrate that the shift to Daylight Saving Time (DST) results in a dramatic increase in cyberloafing behavior at the national level. We first tested the DST–cyberloafing relation through a national quasi-experiment, then directly tested the relation between sleep and cyberloafing in a closely controlled laboratory setting. We discuss the implications of our findings for theory, practice, and future research.
Keywords
Daylight Saving Time (DST), conscientiousness, cyberloafing, self-regulation, sleep, employees
Discipline
Organizational Behavior and Theory | Psychology
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
Journal of Applied Psychology
Volume
97
Issue
5
First Page
1068
Last Page
1076
ISSN
0021-9010
Identifier
10.1037/a0027557
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Citation
WAGNER, David T.; BARNES, Christopher M.; LIM, Vivien K. G.; and FERRIS, D. Lance.
Lost sleep and cyberloafing: Evidence from the laboratory and a Daylight Saving Time quasi-experiment. (2012). Journal of Applied Psychology. 97, (5), 1068-1076.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3210
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027557