Cyberloafing in Djibouti: An empirical study among teachers

Cyberloafing refers to the usage of the Internet at a workplace for purposes that are not associated with work during working hours. In this context, it may refer to activities such as browsing websites that are not related to work, using email, playing online games, or interacting on social networking sites. During the working hours, employees are expected to perform job-related tasks only. Nonetheless, due to the prevalent use of technology, cyberloafing is becoming widespread in the whole globe and shows itself as an increasing threat. In the context of cyberloafing, the employee is referred to as a cyberloafer, while the act is described as cyberloafing. The focus of this thesis is on cyberloafing. The main objective of this thesis is to determine whether cyberloafing behaviors of teachers differ in terms of demographic variables. The data were collected from 264 teachers and professors from various high schools and universities in Djibouti via an online survey form, and the gathered data were analyzed using IBM SPSS. Findings suggest that cyberloafing differs in terms of the variables such as age, marital status, experience, the type of the institution, type of Internet used in an institution. Additionally, it was found that females spend more time in switching from cyberloafing to work than males. On the other hand, no difference was found in cyberloafing behaviors in terms of gender, professional status, tools to access to the Internet.