ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY AND MISUSE OF WORK COMPUTERS: CASE FROM SRI LANKAN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY

Authors

  • T. R. Liyanagunawardena Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
  • K. Samarasinghe Department of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering - University of Moratuwa

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Work Computer Misuse, Usage Guidelines

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Author Biographies

T. R. Liyanagunawardena, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

K. Samarasinghe, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering - University of Moratuwa

Department of Electronics and Telecommunications
Engineering - University of Moratuwa

Published

2012-12-18

Issue

Vol. 5 (2008): Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Business Management

Section

Articles