University of Tehran Press Organizational Culture Management 2423-6942 16 2 2018 06 22 Study of Effective Cyberloafing Antecedents Study of Effective Cyberloafing Antecedents 503 519 66865 10.22059/jomc.2018.219712.1007034 FA Ali Razmi MA, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Aryan Gholipour Professor, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 0000-0003-1962-3665 Ali Pirannejad Associate Professor, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2016 10 04 Cyberloafing as one of the widespread phenomena in workplace has been brought many consequences such as reducing HR productivity and raising organizational costs. Many scholars have shown interest in exploring its antecedents to address this issue. To this, the current study aims to examine effective cyberloafing antecedents including job attitudes (job and intrinsic involvements), managerial support for use of the Internet, perceived cyberloafing of coworkers, non-Internet loafing, and the Internet self-efficacy. We conduct our research based on descriptive-correlation method. Our data were collected through designed questionnaire from 296 employees in Tabriz Petrochemicals Company who had access to the Internet. To analyze the gathered data, we used Stepwise Regression. Results elicited by Regression test showed that non-Internet loafing (β=0.371, p<0.00) Internet self-efficacy (β=0.296, p<0.00), positive attitude toward cyberloafing (β=0.172, p<0.00), and perceived coworkers cyberloafing (β=0.133, p<0.00) are meaningful predictions for cyberloafing.  Hence, participants involved in cyberloafing behaviors tend to have a high level of Internet self-efficacy and non-Internet loafing. Further, they have a positive attitude toward cyberloafing and perceive it as a general norm in the organization.   Cyberloafing as one of the widespread phenomena in workplace has been brought many consequences such as reducing HR productivity and raising organizational costs. Many scholars have shown interest in exploring its antecedents to address this issue. To this, the current study aims to examine effective cyberloafing antecedents including job attitudes (job and intrinsic involvements), managerial support for use of the Internet, perceived cyberloafing of coworkers, non-Internet loafing, and the Internet self-efficacy. We conduct our research based on descriptive-correlation method. Our data were collected through designed questionnaire from 296 employees in Tabriz Petrochemicals Company who had access to the Internet. To analyze the gathered data, we used Stepwise Regression. Results elicited by Regression test showed that non-Internet loafing (β=0.371, p<0.00) Internet self-efficacy (β=0.296, p<0.00), positive attitude toward cyberloafing (β=0.172, p<0.00), and perceived coworkers cyberloafing (β=0.133, p<0.00) are meaningful predictions for cyberloafing.  Hence, participants involved in cyberloafing behaviors tend to have a high level of Internet self-efficacy and non-Internet loafing. Further, they have a positive attitude toward cyberloafing and perceive it as a general norm in the organization.   https://jomc.ut.ac.ir/article_66865_c46ceaa8324fea5f772e49cf7fc0071d.pdf