Social Media Policies in the Workplace - Employers

This survey is a requirement set out of by our Applied HR Policies course within the Bachelor of Commerce - Human Resources Management program at Humber College.

This survey will help us analyze both the negative and positive effects of social media on employee productivity, and evaluate the effectiveness of social media policy in the workplace by assessing employee awareness and compliance.

The results of this survey will be kept confidential and anonymous, and only be used for purposes of our research paper. You can only take the survey once and it will close on April 5, 2015.

If you have any questions about the survey, please email us at: dshah293@gmail.com.

We appreciate your participation and input. Thank you!

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* 1. What industry is your organization a part of?

Accounting/Banking/Financial Services

Advertising/Marketing/Call Centres

Automotive/Transportation

Education

Food and Beverage

Healthcare

Hospitality and Tourism

Manufacturing

Non-profit

Retail/Wholesale

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Do you enforce a policy in your organization that covers both the personal and professional use of social media on the job?

Yes

Not Yet

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* 3. If you answered ‘Yes’ for Question #2, does your policy allow employees to access social media while on the job, if so, what purpose do they mainly use it for?

Yes; Business/Professional Use

Yes; Personal Use

Yes; Both

Not Applicable; there is no social media usage allowed in the organization

Not Applicable; there is no social media policy in the organization

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* 4. If you answered ‘Yes’ for Question #2, does your policy restrict social media usage during work hours?

Yes

No; the policy allows some or all employees to access social media during work hours

Not Applicable; there is no social media policy in the organization

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* 5. Do you or another department monitor the use of social media sites during work?

Yes

Unsure

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* 6. Is misuse of social media an issue your business has ever had to deal with?

Not Applicable; our social media policy allows employees to use social media for both professional and personal use in the organization

Not Applicable; there is no social media policy in the organization

If Yes, please explain your response.

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* 7. Has your business ever had to take disciplinary action against an employee in relation to misuse of social media?

Yes

Unsure

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* 8. Has your workplace updated their social media policies in the past year to help manage the misuse of social media?

Yes

Not yet

Not Applicable; there is no social media policy in the organization

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* 9. Do you think it is an advantage or disadvantage to your business to allow your employees to access to social media sites while at work for (i) business use and (ii) non-business use? Please explain.

Advantage for Business and Non-Business Use

Advantage for Business Use but Disadvantage for Non-Business Use

Disadvantage for Business Use but Advantage for Non-Business Use

Disadvantage for Both Business and Non-Business Use

Please explain your response.

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* 1. What industry is your organization a part of?

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* 2. Do you enforce a policy in your organization that covers both the personal and professional use of social media on the job?

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* 3. If you answered ‘Yes’ for Question #2, does your policy allow employees to access social media while on the job, if so, what purpose do they mainly use it for?

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* 4. If you answered ‘Yes’ for Question #2, does your policy restrict social media usage during work hours?

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* 5. Do you or another department monitor the use of social media sites during work?

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* 6. Is misuse of social media an issue your business has ever had to deal with?

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* 7. Has your business ever had to take disciplinary action against an employee in relation to misuse of social media?

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* 8. Has your workplace updated their social media policies in the past year to help manage the misuse of social media?

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* 9. Do you think it is an advantage or disadvantage to your business to allow your employees to access to social media sites while at work for (i) business use and (ii) non-business use? Please explain.

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* 10. Do you foresee the misuse of social media becoming more or less of an issue in the future?