Cyberloafing and Information Technology in the Workplace: Mapping the Scientific Evolution and Emerging Themes

This systematic literature review investigates the evolution of research on cyberloafing behavior and its interplay with information technology (IT) in the workplace.Through a bibliometric analysis of 208 peer-reviewed journal articles published between 2002 and 2024, the study provides a comprehensive overview of this research domain's distribution and thematic landscape.Data from the Scopus database is analyzed using VOSviewer software to carry out co-authorship, co-occurrence, and citation.Apart from that, the identification of dominant themes was also carried out to highlight important topics in the concept of cyberloafing behavior and the existence of technology.The findings reveal a significant increase in publications focused on cyberloafing, particularly since 2020, highlighting the growing importance of this topic.Co-authorship and co-occurrence analyses identify key clusters and themes, including the role of personal traits, organizational factors, emotional exhaustion, and work-related attitudes in influencing cyberloafing behavior.The study also highlights the relationship between cyberloafing, IT adoption, security risks, and productivity implications.The results underscore the need for interdisciplinary and crosscultural research to explore the nuances of cyberloafing and develop effective strategies for mitigating its potential negative impacts in the digital workplace.It is hoped that this research can generate ideas for developing a conceptual research framework in the future related to the concept of cyberloafing behavior and the involvement of information technology in the workplace.