Managing Web Usage in the Workplace: A Social, Ethical and Legal Perspective

Managing Web Usage in the Workplace: A Social, Ethical and Legal Perspective

Murugan Anandarajan, Claire A. Simmers

Copyright: © 2002 |Pages: 386

ISBN13: 9781930708181|ISBN10: 1930708181|EISBN13: 9781591400035|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781931777728

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-930708-18-1

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Anandarajan, Murugan, and Claire A. Simmers, eds. Managing Web Usage in the Workplace: A Social, Ethical and Legal Perspective. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2002. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-930708-18-1

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The nature of the Internet is dramatically revolutionizing the manner in which organizations and individuals alike acquire and distribute information. Unfortunately, the problem of web abuse has developed in kind. This interesting new book includes chapters that embrace a wide array of Internet abuse issues such as, the impact of web abuse on individuals, groups, organizations, and societies, and the problem of web abuse within other cultures and countries.

Geared toward business professionals, academicians and students from a variety of disciplines among others, Managing Web Usage in the Workplace: A Social, Ethical and Legal Perspective focuses on the phenomenon of Internet abuse and its consequences.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface

Chapters

Antecedent Factors Leading to Individual Internet Usage

Chapter 1

Understanding Senior Executives' Use of Information Technology and the Internet (pages 1-23)

Guus G.M. Pijpers

The Internet and information technology (IT) have received considerable attention from senior executives, yet they still have not committed themselves fully to these technologies. Consequently, they are not reaping the full benefits....

Chapter 2

Predictors of Internet Usage for Work Tasks (pages 24-43)

Lyndal Stiller-Hughes, Ivan T. Robertson

Introducing and capitalizing on the Internet for business gain is engulfing modern day business thought. Yet little is available to guide the decisions of organizational leaders on issues around workforce usage. This chapter begins...

Chapter 3

Factors Influence Web Access Behavior in the Workplace: A Structural Equation Approach (pages 44-66)

Murugan Anandarajan, Claire A. Simmers

As more and more organizations provide employees access to the Web, the level of abuse is on the rise. Structured equation modeling was used to examine the antecedent and perceptual factors impacting accessing work-related Web sites...

Chapter 4

Internet Usage in Sub-Saharan Africa (pages 67-83)

Uzoamaka P. Anakwe

Using the Internet in the developed part of the world has become a necessity or a matter of choice. However, for the majority in countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, Internet usage is still an illusion since Africa has remained the least...

Chapter 5

E-commerce System: An Examination of User Experiences of the E-commerce Site with the Standard User Interface (pages 84-106)

Shin-Ping Liu, Dennis Tucker

E-commerce offers speed, convenience, and often cost-effectiveness for today’s busy shopper, but most e-commerce sites are still too hard to use. The problem with e-commerce sites is the controls and organization are different for...

Chapter 6

Factors Affecting Behavior Intentions to Adopt Electronic Shopping on the World Wide Web: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach (pages 107-128)

Bay Arinze, Christopher Ruth

Searching for and purchasing personal goods and services on the Internet, termed hereafter as “Web shopping,” has seen tremendous growth over the past 2-3 years. With the advent of the Internet and accompanying technologies such as...

Consequences of Internet Usage

Chapter 7

Organizational Impacts and Social Shaping of Web Management Practice (pages 130-147)

Kristin R. Eschenfelder

The extraordinary growth of individual and organizational use of the Internet, particularly the Web, during the past decade has led scholars to question the social impacts of this incredible technology diffusion. In this chapter, I...

Chapter 8

Internet Gambling in the Workplace (pages 148-167)

Mark Griffiths

According to a recent report carried out by the company SurfControl (Snoddy, 2000), office workers who while away one hour a day at work on various nonwork activities (e.g., trading shares, booking holidays, shopping online, etc.)...

Chapter 9

Internet User Satisfaction, Job Satisfaction and Internet Background: An Exploratory Study (pages 168-185)

Claire A. Simmers, Murugan Anandarajan

The relationships among Internet user satisfaction (IUS), job satisfaction, and user’s Internet background are examined. Internet user satisfaction and job satisfaction are positively correlated. There are significant differences in...

Chapter 10

The Measurement of Telecommuting Performance (pages 186-209)

Magid Igbaria, Patrick W. Devine, Eunyoung Cheon

Telecommuting provides various benefits to a number of constituents. However, the rate of telecommuting implementation is low due to the difficulty of measuring telecommuting performance. A new approach is needed to measure...

Development of Internet and System Policies

Chapter 11

Classifying Web Usage Behavior in the Workplace: An Artificial Neural Network Approach (pages 211-234)

Murugan Anandarajan

The ubiquitous nature of the World Wide Web (commonly known as the Web) is dramatically revolutionizing the manner in which organizations and individuals alike acquire and distribute information. Recent reports from the International...

Chapter 12

Managing Large Modules - E-mail or Web Sites (pages 235-253)

Elayne Coakes, Dianne Willis

This chapter addresses issues concerning the suitability of particular media as mass communication tools in an UK higher education setting. It looks firstly at the use of e-mail as a communication method whilst managing two large...

Chapter 13

Managing E-business: Security Issues and Solutions (pages 254-269)

Keng Siau, Shane Meakim

What would you do if I told you that I could read your mind? Given that I am not a psychic, but a Web site administrator, you would probably not believe me. There are organizations that maintain databases of almost every consumer in...

Chapter 14

Reducing Legal, Financial, and Operational Risks: A Comparative Discussion of Aligning Internet Usage with Business Priorities through Internet Policy Management (pages 270-285)

Claire A. Simmers, Adam Bosnian

The increased reliance on the Internet exposes organizations to a number of legal, financial, and operational risks through inappropriate workplace information technology (IT) behaviors. This article explores these IT workplace...

Chapter 15

Universal Site Accessibility: Barrier Free for All (pages 286-301)

Beth Archibald Tang

At least 15% of the American population has a disability (Kaye, 1998); some estimate it is as high as one in five. For research studies, the United States government usually defines the term disability as a limitation in a person’s...

Chapter 16

An Accounting Framework for Identifying Internet Abuse (pages 302-318)

Asokan Anandarajan, C. A. Srinivasan

Current accounting methods used by companies do not charge departments appropriately for Internet usage. The problem is compounded because information technology (IT) departments have lacked the ability and process to track Internet...

Chapter 17

Web Management and Usage: A Critical Social Perspective (pages 319-337)

Steve Clarke

This chapter seeks to apply learning from the fields of social theory and information systems to the specific context of the Internet. Key to this understanding is the extent to which the scope of information systems (IS) analysis is...

Chapter 18

Fuzzy Boundaries, Strange Negotiations: Problems of Space, Place and Identity in Cyberspace (pages 338-361)

Andrew Wenn

In 1997, attempting to focus attention on the imploding boundaries between organism and machine Mizuko Ito wrote about multi-user dungeons (MUDs). These are communities where people who have created online personae come together as a...

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