The Internet has become one of most technological necessity tools in today’s workplace. With the broad scope of its usefulness and its ease of use, employees find the technology most beneficial to their daily work activities as well as their personal activities. | 246 Mahatanankoon and Igbaria ChapterXIII Impact of Personal Internet Usage on Employee s Well-Being Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon Illinois State University USA Magid Igbaria Claremont Graduate University USA ABSTRACT The Internet has become one of most technological necessity tools in today s workplace. With the broad scope of its usefulness and its ease of use employees find the technology most beneficial to their daily work activities as well as their personal activities. Using the established behavioral theory with data collectedfrom Internet users in the workplace the chapter investigates the impact ofpersonal Internet usage on employees job satisfaction and performance. This chapter also recommends several strategies that management can implement to increase employees well Copyright 2004 Idea Group Inc. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of Idea Group Inc. is prohibited. Impact of Personal Internet Usage on Employee s Well-Being 247 being such as Workplace Internet Usage Decision Grid and Adaptive Internet Monitoring and Filtering Policy while enhancing their work performance through personal Internet usage in the workplace. INTRODUCTION Modern organizations recognize the benefits of the Internet through its ability to communicate research and share essential information between employees. The Internet is the intercommunication linkage between organizations and customers thereby creating new virtual organizational arrangements. Its usability and functionality are endless providing future analysis of market trends as well as competitors moves and products and investigating other factors that may be affecting the company s competitive position. Since the Internet has proven to be a useful tool for businesses many companies provide employees with access to the Internet and e-mail accounts. Despite being a productive tool however many employees are spending time on the Internet that is not job related during work hours. The
