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The influence of interpersonal relationships to cyberloafing during remote work

English (英語)

Computers in Human Behavior Reports

22

100929

Elsevier

2026-05

2026-05-18

Cyberloafing, personal internet access during work hours, is a common form of counterproductive behavior in modern workplaces. With the growth of ICT (Information and Communication Technology), employees could easily access the internet on PCs or personal cell phones. In the case of remote work, cyberloafing is more controversial due to the freedom of access to private internet usage. Despite the benefits of remote work for both organizations and employees, concerns about productivity loss continue to hinder its widespread adoption. Here, we investigated the occurrence of cyberloafing in both remote and in-office work and explored the influence of three aspects of interpersonal relationships (home-based psychological resources, group attractiveness, and collective performance factor) on cyberloafing during remote work with primary cyberloafing antecedents. We hypothesized that positive interpersonal relationships would decrease cyberloafing during remote work, whereas supervisor support would be associated with increased cyberloafing due to social-loafing-related motivational loss. The results showed that the presence of formal internet-use rules did not effectively deter cyberloafing during remote work, while employees' perceptions of their supervisors’ cyberloafing served as a significant antecedent of their own cyberloafing, both in remote and in-office work. In addition, positive attitudes toward coworkers were associated with less cyberloafing and higher family life satisfaction was associated with less cyberloafing. Interestingly, supervisor support was linked to greater cyberloafing. Overall, the findings highlight the importance of interpersonal factors both at work and at home—for promoting effective and responsible behavior in remote work environments.

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