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124 gap statements mined from Cyberloafing and Workplace Behavior papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 658 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • However, its relationship with job performance remains unclear due to inconsistent findings in the existing literature.

    Cyberloafing Behaviour and Job Performance: A Meta-analytic Review · 2026 · DOI

  • Cyberloafing research in Indonesia has been limited by the lack of validated measurement instruments adapted to the local context.

    Measuring Cyberloafing: Multidimensional Psychometric Validation in The Indonesian Workplace · 2026 · DOI

  • While this behaviour has attracted attention from organisational psychology researchers, there remains a gap in understanding how peer phubbing affects phubbed individuals’ emotions, leading to behavioural repercussions.

    Scrolling away and inviting tussle: unveiling the impact of peer phubbing on workplace aggression · 2025 · DOI

  • While previous studies have explored the negative effects of boss phubbing on subordinates’ psychological distress, this study delves into the consequences of peer phubbing, which is a relatively understudied area.

    Scrolling away and inviting tussle: unveiling the impact of peer phubbing on workplace aggression · 2025 · DOI

  • The visualisations and network analyses reveal major research clusters, emerging themes and underexplored areas, offering a structured overview of how the field has evolved.

    Unveiling digital temptations in modern workspaces: a PRISMA-guided investigation on cyberloafing · 2025 · DOI

  • While research on illegitimate tasks has predominantly highlighted their detrimental effects on employees, emerging studies suggest these tasks may also have temporary, complex impacts on non‐work domains —though empirical evidence remains limited.

    Can't erase it from my mind: How and when daily illegitimate tasks shape employee after‐work rumination and downstream behavioural consequences · 2025 · DOI

  • Organizations need to comprehend how cyber-loafing behavior develops to effectively handle employee performance.

    The Influence of Job Stress, Job Boredom, and Technology Accessibility on Cyber-Loafing Behavior in Online Customer Service Employees · 2026 · DOI

  • While AI can lead to greater flexibility, it also brings job enrichment, and efficiency, challenges like potential work-life imbalance, job security concerns, and the need for continuous skill development. Organizations can mediate these effects through proactive support and employee engagement strategies, promoting a balanced and satisfying work environment in an era of AI integration (Paul & Singh, 2023).

    NAVIGATING AI'S ROLE IN WORK-LIFE BALANCE: ENHANCEMENTS, CHALLENGES, AND SOLUTIONS · 2026 · DOI

  • The relationship between digital competence, cyberloafing, and employee performance is not yet fully understood. There is a lack of studies examining the impact of digital competence and cyberloafing on employee performance in the public sector.

    Pengaruh Kompetensi Digital Dan Cyberloafing Terhadap Kinerja Pegawai Dengan Disiplin Kerja Sebagai Variabel Intervening Dikantor Dukcapil Kabupaten Bengkulu Tengah · 2026 · DOI

  • The study highlights the need to develop strategies to foster a positive technological orientation toward AI among employees.

    Leisure Internet Usage and Individual Work Performance in Freight Forwarding: The Moderating role of Artificial Intelligence Attitudes · 2026 · DOI

  • The study's findings are limited to the sample of freight forwarders. The study did not use probability sampling due to the lack of an employee-level registry.

    Leisure Internet Usage and Individual Work Performance in Freight Forwarding: The Moderating role of Artificial Intelligence Attitudes · 2026 · DOI

  • Although this study has made some headway in examining how human–machine cooperation is associated with employee digital creativity, there are still certain issues that need to be addressed in other studies. First, this study utilized cross-sectional multi-source survey data for analysis.

    How human–machine collaboration fuels employees' digital creativity: the serial mediating roles of technology acceptance and positive emotion · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research can use the developed scale to investigate digital detox behaviors in different organizational contexts. The study provides a methodological basis for future research on digital boundaries.

    ÖRGÜTSEL DİJİTAL DETOKS ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ VE DOĞRULANMASI · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of a valid and reliable scale to measure digital detox behaviors in organizations. Prior research has identified the importance of managing digital technology use, but a scale is lacking.

    ÖRGÜTSEL DİJİTAL DETOKS ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ VE DOĞRULANMASI · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need for validated measurement tools for self-disclosure to AI. Prior work has not fully addressed the issue of measuring self-disclosure to AI.

    ADAPTASI ALAT UKUR ONLINE SELF-DISCLOSURE DALAM INTERAKSI DENGAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PADA GENERASI Z · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should focus on the development of effective interventions to prevent mobing and support employees who have experienced mobing. Future research should also explore the long-term effects of mobing on individuals and organizations.

    INDIVIDUALNE POSLEDICE IZLOŽENOSTI MOBINGU NA RADNOM MESTU · 2026 · DOI

  • The research gap also includes the need to investigate the moderating role of perceived organizational support in this relationship.

    The moderating role of perceived organizational support on the social loafing-job satisfaction link: evidence from tourism industry · 2026 · DOI

  • Although prior research has explored career resilience and boundary management separately, little is known about how AI awareness shapes boundary protection behaviors and, in turn, fosters adaptability to technological disruptions.

    Artificial intelligence awareness and career resilience: The mediating role of willingness to protect boundaries in Chinese financial enterprises · 2026 · DOI

  • The study aims to address this gap by investigating the relationship between leader noncontingent punishment and employee cyberloafing.

    When Fairness Falls Short: Linking Leader Noncontingent Punishment to Cyberloafing Through Moral Disengagement · 2026 · DOI

  • The need to balance the benefits of AI monitoring with the potential risks to employee well-being and privacy. The difficulty of implementing technical privacy fixes and restoring discretion, voice, and procedural justification in organisations using AI monitoring.

    Algorithmic eyes, exit minds: A boundary–autonomy cascade model of artificial intelligence monitoring and turnover intention among Indonesian Generation Z employees · 2026 · DOI

  • Past research suggests that personal Internet usage (PIU) at work can carry both costs and benefits for employees, but offers no explanation for these mixed results.

    Different impacts of hedonic and utilitarian personal Internet usage behaviour on well‐being and work engagement: A daily examination · 2024 · DOI

  • The study did not include a separate pilot test. The study's findings may be limited to the specific context of telemarketing agents in a private retail company.

    The Effects of Workload, Job Insecurity, and Supervisor Support on Work-Life Balance Among Telemarketing Agents at A Private Retail Company, with Job Stress as A Mediating Variable · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in the literature regarding the moderating role of attitude towards artificial intelligence. The study aims to fill this gap by examining this relationship in the context of digitalized work environments.

    The Moderating Role of Attitude Toward Artificial Intelligence in the Effect of Work Alienation on Employee Performance: A Study on Academics · 2026 · DOI

  • Coordinated action at the international level to introduce a global minimum corporate tax. Further exploration of the implications of AI on taxation and possible solutions.

    AI and the Future of Taxation Rethinking Government Revenue When Machines Replace Workers · 2026 · DOI

  • Investigating the impact of social loafing on job satisfaction in other industries, - Examining the effects of perceived organizational support on employee outcomes in different cultural contexts, - Studying the role of leadership styles in mitigating the negative effects of social…

    The moderating role of perceived organizational support on the social loafing-job satisfaction link: evidence from tourism industry · 2026 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) Its relationship with job performance remains unclear due to inconsistent findings in the existing literature (“Cyberloafing Behaviour and Job Performance: A Meta-analytic Review”, 2026); (2) Cyberloafing research in Indonesia has been limited by the lack of validated measurement instruments adapted to the local context (“Measuring Cyberloafing: Multidimensional Psychometric Validation in The…”, 2026); (3) The relationship between digital competence, cyberloafing, and employee performance is not yet fully understood (“Pengaruh Kompetensi Digital Dan Cyberloafing Terhadap Kinerja Pegawai Dengan…”, 2026); (4) The study did not use probability sampling due to the lack of an employee-level registry (“Leisure Internet Usage and Individual Work Performance in Freight Forwarding:…”, 2026); (5) Future research can use the developed scale to investigate digital detox behaviors in different organizational contexts (“ÖRGÜTSEL DİJİTAL DETOKS ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ VE DOĞRULANMASI”, 2026). 124 gap statements have been mined from Cyberloafing and Workplace Behavior papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 658 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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