The internet and workplace transformation / / Murugan Anandarajan, Thompson S.H. Teo, Claire A. Simmers, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784471503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015
• ISBN: 1-317-45613-0; 1-315-69953-2; 1-317-45614-9; 1-280-91240-5; 9786610912407; 0-7656-2156-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Collana: Advances in management information systems
• Altri autori (Persone): AnandarajanMurugan <1961->; SimmersClaire <1950->; TeoThompson
• Disciplina: 004.678; 658.054678
• Soggetti: Business enterprises - Computer networks; Internet; Organizational change; Personal Internet use in the workplace; Work environment
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 2006 by M.E. Sharpe.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Internet and workplace transformation: an introduction -- PART I. TROUBLING TRANSFORMATIONS. Internet abuse in the workplace: extension of workplace deviance model -- Self-regulation of communication technology in the workplace -- The psychology of Internet use and misuse -- Problematic Internet use in the workplace -- PART II. PROMISING TRANSFORMATIONS. Organizational intranets and the transition to managing knowledge -- Optimal flow in online interactions: dimensions, antecedents, and consequences -- Leading virtual teams: modalities of leadership -- Convergence in virtual teams -- Usage of Internet-based career support -- Mentoring transformed ; via the Internet: effects on career management -- PART III. CHANGING TROUBLING TRANSFORMATIONS INTO PROMISING ONES. Controlling Internet abuse in the workplace: a framework for risk management -- Work commitment and employees' misuse of the Internet in the workplace -- Understanding dysfunctional cyberbehavior: the role of organizational justice -- Cyberloafing and organizational justice: the moderating role of neutralization technique -- Hofstede's cultural dimensions of personal web usage activities in Thailand and the United States.
• Sommario/riassunto: The technologies of the Internet have exerted an enormous influence on the way we live and work. This book presents research on the transformation of the workplace by the use of these information technologies. It focuses on the deleterious transformations, emergence of virtual teams, and the ways the troubling transformations can be redeemed.