Bernadeta Irmawati

Work place: Department of Management, Soegijapranata Chatolic University, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia

E-mail: irmawati_b@unika.ac.id

Website:

Research Interests: Human Resource Information System,

Biography

Bernadeta Irmawati is a lecturer in the Management department of Soegijapranata Catholic University Semarang. He graduated with a bachelor's degree at Diponegoro University and continued his studies at Panjajaran University, Bandung. She is current areas of expertise are human resource management, organizational theory, entrepreneurship, organizational behavior and strategic management.

Author Articles
Knowledge Enrichment and Physical Activities as Indicator and Individual Problem as a Cause of Academic Cyberloafing in Online Learning during the Covid 19 Pandemic

By Tri Hardjanti Nugrahaningsih Bernadeta Irmawati Agustine Eva Maria Soekesi

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2024.02.03, Pub. Date: 8 Apr. 2024

The purpose of this study was to describe Academic Cyber Loafing in Management Departement Soegijapranata Chatolic University students in online learning because of the covid 19 pandemic. The instrument in this study was developed from previous research by adding two indicators, namely physical activity, and enrichment of knowledge as a novelty in this study. Methods of data collection using a questionnaire. The data were analyzed descriptively quantitatively and categorized into minor, serious, or not doing Academic Cyberloafing, and the causes were identified. The results of the study show that the level of Academic Cyberloafing is in a low category and the level of Academic Cyberloafing is in the high seriousness in the aspect of enrichment to knowledge, which means that students independently access the internet to enrich knowledge even by ignoring ongoing online learning. The research results found something different from the results in previous research, where this research found a positive impact of Academic Cyberloafing, namely enriching knowledge, while in previous research it was more towards a negative impact. Another thing is that physical activities are the cause of Academic Cyberloafing, which was not the case in previous research. This study found that students were “forced” to engage in Academic Cyber Loafing because of the sudden increase in demands for personal needs as a result of online learning, and changes in family income because parents were laid off or their businesses suffered setbacks as a result of the “COVID-19” pandemic. 

[...] Read more.
Other Articles