cyberslacker
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cyberslacker
An employee who uses the office computer for personal enjoyment. Because it is so easy to flip between business and personal use on a computer, many employees do it routinely if their machines are not locked down. Company firewalls can be configured to allow only business-oriented websites, but this can often be circumvented by clever maneuvering. See lock down.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
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A study by Ugrin, Pearson and Odom (2007) found that executives and younger individuals had the highest propensity to be
cyberslackers while gender, culture, years of service, and pay status were not significantly related to this behavior.
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