Impact of Family Incivility Upon Cyberloafing: Moderating Effect of the Level of Need for Achievement

Abstract

The study aimed to explore the relationship between family incivility and cyberloafing where the level of need for achievement was adopted as a moderating variable based on the Work Home Resources (W-HR) model, which states that stressors in one domain affect the outcomes or performance levels in the other. The study’s level of need for achievement acted as a valuable resource in the study that could potentially strengthen or weaken the relationship between family incivility and cyberloafing. Data were collected from 125 individuals (N = 125) in a cross-sectional study and the results indicated that family incivility has a significant and positive relationship with cyberloafing while the level of need for achievement failed to act as a defense mechanism and failed to show any significant relationship with the other variables in the research activity. These findings signify that under the theory of needs by David McClelland, the need for achievement does not play a part of moderator in causing deviant behaviors. In consequences, this model provides a platform for future research to understand how family incivility can result in deviant behaviors.