Employees' use of online communication sites and its reflection on work ethics (A study of the trends of a sample of employees at the University of Nile Valley and Sheikh Abdullah Al-Badri in Sudan)

Abstract

This study aims to find out the extent to which employees use Internet communication sites during their working hours, and to what extent this reflects negatively on work ethics, from the point of view of a sample of employees working at the University of the Nile Valley and Sheikh Abdullah Al-Badri university in Sudan. The study population is represented in the employees working at the University of Nile Valley and Sheikh Abdullah Al-Badri in Sudan, and the study is conducted on a sample available from that community.

The study uses the descriptive approach using a survey research method, with the use of a questionnaire tool to collect the study data. The study reaches a number of results, the most important of which are: The study sample uses online communication sites during working hours, and that they communicate through multiple communication sites over the Internet. This is a violation of many work values, such as: failure to complete the work on time, disrupting the services of the public dealing with the institution, and others.

The study recommends inacting regulations that prevent using the social networks through the internet. This is due fearing that it affects doing the work as it is required.