Cyberslacking and employer monitoring / Patrick Kelly, Sydnee Manley, Soleil Corvelo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, Patrick, author.

Manley, Sydnee, author.

Corvelo, Soleil, author.

Series:

SAGE Business cases.

SAGE Business cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Supervision of employees--Case studies.

Supervision of employees.

White collar workers--Effect of technological innovations on--Case studies.

White collar workers.

White collar workers--Labor productivity--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications: SAGE Business Cases Originals, 2024.

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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ISBN:

1-0719-4564-5

OCLC:

1417358639