Self control and cyberloafing in the workplace

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Brief report Yielding to (cyber)-temptation: Exploring the buffering role of self-control in the relationship between organizational justice and cyberloafing behavior in the workplace Simon Lloyd D. Restubog, Patrick Raymund James M. Garcia, Lemuel S. Toledano, Rajiv K. Amarnani, Laramie R. Tolentino, Robert L. Tang PII: DOI: Reference: To appear in: S0092-6566(11)00009-210.1016/j.jrp.2011.01.006 YJRPE 3083 Journal of Research in Personality

Please cite this article as: Restubog, S.L.D., Garcia, R.J.M., Toledano, L.S., Amarnani, R.K., Tolentino, L.R., Tang, R.L., Yielding to (cyber)-temptation: Exploring the buffering role of self-control in the relationship between organizational justice and cyberloafing behavior in the workplace, Journal of Research inPersonality (2011), doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.01.006

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Running head: SELF-CONTROL AND CYBERLOAFING Yielding to (cyber)-temptation: Exploring the buffering role of self-control in the relationship between organizational justice and cyberloafing behavior in the workplace

Simon Lloyd D. Restubog Research School of Business and School ofManagement, Marketing and International Business The Australian National University Canberra, Australia Patrick Raymund James M. Garcia School of Management, Marketing and International Business The Australian National University Canberra, Australia Lemuel S. Toledano School of Management, Marketing and International Business The Australian National University Canberra, Australia Rajiv K. AmarnaniPsychology Department De La Salle University Manila, Philippines Laramie R. Tolentino School of Management, Marketing and International Business The Australian National University Canberra, Australia Robert L. Tang School of Management and Information Technology De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde Manila, Philippines

Please address correspondence to: Dr. Simon Lloyd D. Restubog LF CrispBuilding 26 School of Management, Marketing and International Business ANU College of Business and Economics The Australian National University Canberra, ACT, Australia 0200 Email: simon.restubog@anu.edu.au Telephone: +61 2 612 57319

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Running head: SELF-CONTROL AND CYBERLOAFING Yielding to (cyber)-temptation: Exploring the buffering role of self-control in the relationship betweenorganizational justice and cyberloafing behavior in the workplace

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Abstract Guided by the Strength Model of Self-control (Muraven & Baumeister, 2000) and the General Theory of Crime (Gottfredson & Hirschi, 1990), we examined the role of self-control in buffering the negative relationship between perceived organizational justice and cyberloafing behavior. Two hundred thirty eight employee and co-workerdyads participated in the study. Organizational justice negatively predicted cyberloafing behavior, though this relationship had ceased to be statistically significant after controlling for gender, age, and hours of internet use for work-related activities. In addition, self-control moderated this relationship. Specifically, there was a stronger negative relationship between perceivedorganizational justice and cyberloafing for employees with high as opposed to low levels of self-control.

Keywords: Counterproductive behaviors, Cyberloafing, Self-control, and Self-regulation

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Yielding to (cyber)-temptation: Exploring the buffering role of self-control in the relationship between organizational justice and cyberloafing behavior in the workplace Cyberloafing behavior is a...