Yielding to (cyber)-temptation: Exploring the buffering role of self-control in the relationship between organizational justice and cyberloafing behavior in the workplace

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Journal of Research in Personality

Volume

45

Issue

2

First Page

247

Last Page

251

Publication Date

4-1-2011

Abstract

Guided by the Strength Model of Self-control (Muraven & Baumeister, 2000) and the General Theory of Crime (Gottfredson & Hirschi, 1990), we examined the role of self-control in buffering the negative relationship between perceived organizational justice and cyberloafing behavior. Two hundred thirty-eight employee and co-worker dyads participated in the study. Organizational justice negatively predicted cyberloafing behavior, though this relationship had ceased to be statistically significant after controlling for gender, age, and hours of internet use for work-related activities. In addition, self-control moderated this relationship. Specifically, there was a stronger negative relationship between perceived organizational justice and cyberloafing for employees with high as opposed to low levels of self-control. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.jrp.2011.01.006

Disciplines

Psychology | Work, Economy and Organizations

Keywords

Personal Internet use in the workplace; Self-control; Organizational justice

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