Withdrawal is defined as behaviors that restrict the amount of time the employee
is working to less than what the organizations expect
Cyberloafing
takes time away from work and would therefore be considered a type of withdrawal
behavior, like absenteeism, lateness, and taking extended breaks. If cyberloafing is a
typical withdrawal behavior, then we should observe the same patterns of relationships in
both the withdrawal and cyberloafing literatures. Specifically, cyberloafing should
correlate strongly with social norms and company policy, and there should also be
relationships with job boredom, withdrawal attitudes, job dissatisfaction, and to lesser
extents, being female and/or younger.