Cyber-Slacking: Exploring Students' Usage of Internet-Enabled Devices for Non-Class Related Activities

摘要

In today's universities, students frequently carry laptops, smartphones, and other electronic devices for learning purposes. Although these technologies in the classroom offer numerous advantages, many students misuse them for non-class related activities. This study reviews 13 different factors that impact student cyber-slacking behavior in the undergraduate business and management classroom to provide important implications regarding cyber-slacking for educators. The results indicate that out of 12 significant correlations, apathy towards course material, lack of attention, and subjective norm are positively and significantly correlated to students' attitude to cyber-slacking whereas it is negatively linked to extrinsic motivation. Furthermore, attitude and subjective norm were also found to be positively correlated with intention to cyber-slack in the classroom. The study provides various implications for educators to minimise cyber-slacking behavior of students in the classroom and also details limitations and future research directions.