The relationship between perceived organizational control and fear of punishment with employees cyber loafing in the workplace (Case: Iran Khodro Industrial Group)

Abstract

Activities such as the use of social networks, the use of blogs and podcasts, download, upload content and online shopping and in the workplace can be concept of a "Cyber loafing". Such behaviors have negative consequences, such as decreased levels of efficiency, and financial loss to organizations followed. Therefore, the aim of this research was to determine the relationship between perceived organizational control and fear of punishment, to employees cyber loafing in the workplace. Current research model, based on data collected from 315 questionnaires randomly Iran Khodro Industrial Group's employees, distributed and collected, based on structural equation modeling (SEM), was tested by LISREL software. The results of the analysis show that the perception of the physical presence of the head, and perceived organizational control (β=0.83 and t=13.01), and also the perception of the physical presence of the head and the fear of punishment (β =0.67 and t =4.30), there is a significant correlation. The results show that the perceived organizational control and cyber loafing (β =-0.53 and t= -4.20), and also the fear of punishment and Cyber loafing (β=-0.33and t=-2.89), relationship there is an inverse. In this context, the relationship between perceived organizational control and fear of punishment, not confirmed. According to the results seem to increase understanding of the physical presence of the head, due to the perceived organizational control and the fear of punishment can be effective in reducing employees Cyber loafing.

Keywords

• leader physical proximity (lpp)
• organizational control
• fear of punishment
• cyber loafing