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This study examines the role of habits, consumerism, and neutralization on cyberslacking behavior of students in a classroom environment. An online survey of 303 students was conducted. The study finds that the relationship between the condemnation of the condemners and intention to cyberslacking was not significant and the impact of the consumerism on three of the neutralization techniques couldn’t be confirmed. However, the rest of our hypotheses were positively significant as expected. This study would extend the existing research by expanding the concepts and theory of habits, consumerism, and neutralization to cyberslacking behavior in the classroom and also help educators and parents understand the antecedents of such behaviors.

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I Want It My Way: An Integrated Model of Habits, Consumerism, And Neutralization To Understand Students’ Cyberslacking Behavior

This study examines the role of habits, consumerism, and neutralization on cyberslacking behavior of students in a classroom environment. An online survey of 303 students was conducted. The study finds that the relationship between the condemnation of the condemners and intention to cyberslacking was not significant and the impact of the consumerism on three of the neutralization techniques couldn’t be confirmed. However, the rest of our hypotheses were positively significant as expected. This study would extend the existing research by expanding the concepts and theory of habits, consumerism, and neutralization to cyberslacking behavior in the classroom and also help educators and parents understand the antecedents of such behaviors.