"Doing"before"Thinking":Coping the Negative Impact of Job Insecurity on Passive Cyberloafing
Passive cyberloafing refers to unconsciously engaging in non-work-purpose cyber use behaviors.Although it can harm organizational efficiency,researchers know little about the causes of this behavior and how to curb it.Based on the resource control theory of mind wandering and literature of job crafting,this study develops a three-way interactions model to discuss the boundary conditions of the effect of job insecurity on employees'passive cyberloafing behavior by including task crafting and cognitive crafting.Based on the data of 561 full-time employees at two time points,the research results show that:1)there is a"ripple effect"of job insecurity,that is,the higher the job insecurity,the more spontaneous mind wandering and passive cyberloafing;2)task crafting can buffer the adverse effects of job insecurity on spontaneous mind wandering;3)cognitive crafting can further enhance the buffering effect of task crafting on job insecurity and spontaneous mind wandering,that is,at high task crafting and high cognitive crafting,job insecurity has the least effect on spontaneous mind wandering.This study reveals the causes of passive cyberloafing in the workplace,and suggests that"doing"before"thinking"can effectively alleviate the attentional crisis caused by job insecurity.
Job insecuritySpontaneous Mind WanderingPassive CyberloafingTask CraftingCognitive Crafting
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