Empirical analysis of job design and social cyberloafing via moral disengagement and work boredom

Orientation: In this article, the role of workplace boredom and moral disengagement was investigated as mediating variables between the job characteristics model and social cyberloafing. Research purpose: Identifying the causes of social cyberloafing will help to understand this counterproductive behaviour and guide employers to develop policies which increase productivity and Internet utilisation. Motivation for the study: Limited study exists on the role of Job Design and Social Cyberloafing particularly with the mediating role of moral disengagement and boredom. this study aims to identify how morals and feelings intervene with the way jobs are designed and their counterproductive outcomes. Research approach/design and method: This study provides one-of-a-kind, in-depth, deconstructed approach to the job characteristics model with 368 samples taken from various industries. Overall, the results of the three-wave data provide strong evidence for the hypothesised relationships. Main findings: This research su