Acceptable use policy and employee computer usage: case of Sri Lankan software development industry

Liyanagunawardena, T. R. and Samarasinghe, K. (2008) Acceptable use policy and employee computer usage: case of Sri Lankan software development industry. In: 5th International Conference in Business Management (ICBM), 27 March 2008, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka.

Abstract/Summary

Organizations introduce acceptable use policies to deter employee computer misuse. Despite the controlling, monitoring and other forms of interventions employed, some employees misuse the organizational computers to carry out their personal work such as sending emails, surfing internet, chatting, playing games etc. These activities not only waste productive time of employees but also bring a risk to the organization. A questionnaire was administrated to a random sample of employees selected from large and medium scale software development organizations, which measured the work computer misuse levels and the factors that influence such behavior. The presence of guidelines provided no evidence of significant effect on the level of employee computer misuse. Not having access to Internet /email away from work and organizational settings were identified to be the most significant influences of work computer misuse.

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