Cyberslacking and employer monitoring /
During the COVID-19 pandemic many workers quickly transitioned to working from home. In the aftermath of the pandemic, many white-collar professionals (e.g., administrative executives, accountants, auditors, lawyers, technology workers, and finance executives) continued to perform their daily duties...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications: SAGE Business Cases Originals,
2024.
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| Series: | SAGE Business cases.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | During the COVID-19 pandemic many workers quickly transitioned to working from home. In the aftermath of the pandemic, many white-collar professionals (e.g., administrative executives, accountants, auditors, lawyers, technology workers, and finance executives) continued to perform their daily duties remotely on at least a part-time basis. The organizations that employ remote workers are concerned that they might be engaging in cyberslacking, meaning they are spending part of their workday doing tasks not related to their normal duties, thereby leading to economic losses for their organizations. Since remote workers frequently use computers to complete their assignments, employers can check the work progress by monitoring computer activity of those working from home. Some of the approaches used to track remote worker activities appear to be invasive and aggressive, resulting in resistance from employees. Organizations are thus faced with developing policies and procedures that discourage cyberslacking but are considered professional and reasonable approaches to manage remote workers. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781071945643 1071945645 |