Feb
15
Bosses Are Biggest Social Media Addicts
Bosses are more likely to utilize social Media tools for private purposes or on business premises during working hours more than their subordinates, a new study has found. The research from the University of Bergen (UiB), Norway, shows that managers are more critical of private use of social media at work. However, middle managers and top executives are most negative to private social media use at work, i.e., they are not able to utilize it efficiently then the others.
“It is very interesting to know that top executives, who are negative to private web-surfing during working hours, are the ones who surf the most for private purposes when at work,” said postdoctoral fellow Cecilie Schou Andreassen at UiB’s Department of Psychosocial Science.
She suggests that this can be explained by the statement that top executives have longer working hours, and that they work and spare time are much more integrated than it is for employees. “It is likely that managers are bothered about reductions in output and financial loss as a result of use of private social media among their employees,” she said. About 11,000 Norwegian employees participated in the study as per recent study.
Some of the main findings in the study about the habits of internet use at work:
- Younger employees use social media for private purposes more than older employees do.
- Men browse the internet more for private purposes than women do during working hours.
- People with higher education are the most active social media users.
- Singles are more active on social media than those in relationships.
- Extrovert and nervous people are more active online.
- People who are structured/reliable/organised/prompt personalities, spend less time on social media compared to their counterparts.
