Workplace Deviance
Workplace deviance is characterized as an employee intentionally causing harm to a business or organization in the workplace, especially in the sense that it violates the rules and regulations for whom they work for. Deviance can have a wide variety of examples, ranging from showing up to work late or working slow on purpose, all the way to gaining unauthorized access to confidential info or the misuse of company data. I believe that the expansion of cyber technology has increased the probability for workplace deviance. Technology has allowed the ability for people to work remotely and not be required to perform day to day operations in person. Humans naturally have varied attention spans and can be easily distracted by our love of social media, phone apps, viral videos, and desire to mentally escape from overwhelming workload with time-sensitive due dates. People are notably under less personal supervision and are finding ways to procrastinate, self-distract, or promote negative consequences for the company they work for. In the world of cybersecurity, communication is done through emails, facetime, virtual messaging, etc., and there seems to be an increase in misuse of company resources leading to negative workplace attitude, decreased organization loyalty, and desire to quit. If an employee feels a lack of support or overworked stimulation, they will be less motivated with carrying on work as usual.