The Effect of Health Professionals’ Cyberloafing Behaviors on Their Work Productivity

Nowadays, with the development of technology, Internet has started to take place in every field of life. The widespread use of the Internet by employees in organizations has strengthened communication channels, accelerated work, facilitated access to information and coordination. However, the effects of Internet use at work do not always have positive results, and sometimes they can cause time loss due to unnecessary or non-business personal use. This situation is called cyberloafing in the literature and it is discussed that this concept affects the productivity of employees. In this context; the purpose of this study 1 Sorumlu yazar: Arş. Gör. Uzm. Duygu ÜREK, Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Sağlık Yönetimi Bölümü, Ankara, E-mail: duyguurek@hacettepe.edu.tr. AJIT-e: Online Academic Journal of Information Technology 2017-Special Issue/Özel Sayı –Cilt/Vol: 8‐Sayı/Num: 30 DOI: 10.5824/1309‐1581.2017.5.013.x http://www.ajit‐e.org/?menu=pages&p=details_of_article&id=296 292 is to reveal whether health professionals’ cyberloafing behaviors influence their work productivity. The study was conducted with 259 health professionals working at a university hospital in Ankara province via survey forms. It is found that the health professionals participating in the study have low mean scores of serious and minor cyberloafing behaviors and quite high mean scores of work productivity. Medium negative relationships were detected between serious and minor cyberloafing behaviors and work productivity. The regression analysis results indicate that as health professionals’ mean scores of serious and minor cyberloafing behaviors increase, their work productivity decreases. Hence, it is recommended to keep health professionals’ personal Internet usage under control during work hours.