The IT way of loafing on the job: cyberloafing, neutralizing and organizational justice

@article{Lim2002TheIW,
  title={The IT way of loafing on the job: cyberloafing, neutralizing and organizational justice},
  author={Vivien K. G. Lim},
  journal={Journal of Organizational Behavior},
  year={2002},
  volume={23},
  pages={675-694},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:26642703}
}
  • V. Lim
  • Published 1 August 2002
  • Computer Science, Business, Sociology
  • Journal of Organizational Behavior
This study developed a model which suggested that when individuals perceived their organizations to be distributively, procedurally and interactionally unjust, they were likely to invoke the metaphor of the ledger as a neutralization technique to legitimize their subsequent engagement in the act of cyberloafing.
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