Measuring Severity of Internet Abuse in the Workplace: Creation of a Thurstone Scale
Abstract
Access to the Internet at work allows employees to be more effective in their jobs. However, it also gives employees the opportunity to engage in non-productive behavior. Several studies have examined the problem of Internet abuse in the workplace. However, a measure of severity of Internet abuse is still lacking. This research employs a Thurstone scale to create an appropriate measure of severity of Internet abuse in the workplace.
Recommended Citation
Claybaugh, C. C., & Nazareth, D. L. (2009). Measuring Severity of Internet Abuse in the Workplace: Creation of a Thurstone Scale. Proceedings of the 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009 (2009, San Francisco, CA), 7, pp. 4865-4872. Association for Information Systems (AIS).
Meeting Name
15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009 (2009: Aug. 6-9, San Francisco, CA)
Department(s)
Business and Information Technology
Keywords and Phrases
Severity of abuse; Thurstone scale; Information systems; Internet; Internet abuse; Severity of abuse; Thurstone scale
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-1-61567-581-4
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2009 Association for Information Systems (AIS), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Aug 2009
