The Influence of Abusive Supervision and Work Stress on Cyberloafing

Fira Halimatusyamsiah, Adi Indrayanto, Daryono Daryono

Abstract


Internet resources have become a necessity for organizations to be a very important part of their business processes. The results of a survey by the Association of Indonesian Internet Service Providers (APJII) show that penetration of internet use in Indonesia continues to increase every year. Thus, this increase will inadvertently open up opportunities for employees to cyberloafing. The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of abusive supervision and work stress on cyberloafing. The research method used is a quantitative approach to the survey method. The samples in this research was Elementary School Teachers who were in the Coordinator's Scope of the Education Sector of Ciawigebang Kuningan District of with samples taken as many as 30 samples. The data analysis technique used multiple regression analysis with the help of SPSS version 23. The results showed that abusive supervision has a positive effect on cyberloafing and work stress has a positive effect on cyberloafing.

Keywords: Cyberloafing, Abusive Supervision, Work Stress


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