Managers Are Negative On Social Media At Work - But Use It Most
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 11:50
in Psychology & Sociology
Surveys show that managers hold more negative attitudes to private use of social media at work - they should know what a time waster it is, they use it more than subordinates. 11,000 Norwegian employees participated in a study called 'Predictors of Use of Social Network Sites at Work'. "It is very interesting 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," says Dr. Cecilie Schou Andreassen at the University of Bergen Department of Psychosocial Science, who suggests that this can be explained by the fact that top executives have longer working hours, and that work and leisure are much more integrated than it is for staff. read more