Social Media Risks In The Workplace

Discuss about the Social Media in the Workplace.

 

 

“Using social media in workplace to communicate”

Article 1- Social media in the workplace

Name of the resource – Rose LLP, 2014

Type of resource – Journal article

Name of the author / publisher – Proskauer Rose LLP (Proskauer)

Audience test – General audience

Transparency – data collected from the law firms all over the world and the collection of data and analysis of data can be checked.

Objectivity test – the purpose of writing is for scholarly purpose.

Currency test – the information is for the year 2014

Summary - Under this article, various people were interviewed to state their views regarding the advantages or disadvantages of social media usage in the workplace. The report also presented the data regarding how many business organizations are using social media at present, for what purpose and the effectiveness of using. It revealed that risk associated with usage of social media can be reduced through proper training to the employees regarding proper usage of social media. It further revealed that most of the organizations are implementing some policies to minimize the risk associated with misuse of the social media.

Article 2 – Social media and the workplace

Summary – under this article, the author talked about potential issues and potential benefits of social media and use of the social media in the process of hiring. He further stated the various issues associated with the social media at work with respect to the labour relation act. It revealed that in most of the countries, social media is permitted for monitoring electronic and oral communications as far as it is used for the legitimate business use. Further, the use of social media requires authorization from proper authority for access of the sites. It means, password protected information cannot be accessed without permission.

Name of the resource – Patterson, 2012 

Type of resource – Journal article

Name of the author / publisher – Scott Patterson

Audience test – Academic audience

Transparency – data collected from various organizations all over the world and the collection of data and analysis of data can be checked.

Objectivity test – the purpose of writing is for scholarly purpose.

Currency test – the information is for the year 2012

Article 3 – Effect of social media in the workplace on employee productivity

Summary – Under this article, the authors stated that the success of the organization largely depends in the employees who are one of the most crucial assets of the organization. the success of any organization is highly dependent on the productivity of the employees. Off late, social media has become well-known and most employees and employers are using the social media in the workplace. It has been concluded in the report that the employees participate in the social media in workplace for work as well as non-work related activities. Further, it stated that social media assists in better communication, which in turn will improve the productivity of the employees.

Name of the resource – Munene & Nyaribo, 2017. 

Type of resource – Journal article

Name of the author / publisher – Assa Gakui Munene and Ycliffe Misuko Nyaribo

Audience test – Academic audience

Transparency – data collected through questionnaire and the collection of data and analysis of data can be checked.

Objectivity test – the purpose of writing is for scholarly purpose.

Currency test – the information is for the year 2013

Article 4 - Social media in the workplace – how should employees protect themselves?

News summary – under this news feed it is stated that the participation of employees in the social media is very important in workplace for the purpose of communication and marketing. However, there exist some risks associated with misuse of the social media by the employees.  Therefore, employees shall take steps to assure that they are not exposed to any risk areas. It also suggested that all the businesses shall implement the policies related to social media and assure that the policies provide the disciplinary actions.

Name of the resource – DuMoulin LLP, 2017

Type of resource – Website

Name of the author / publisher – Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Audience test – Academic audience

Transparency – data collected from various employees and presented in general view. The collection of data and analysis of data can be checked.

Objectivity test – the purpose of writing is for general purpose.

Currency test – the information is for the year 2017

Article 5 – Social media in the workplace

Summary – it has been stated in the website that the social media transformed the practice of corporate communication. Social media like Facebook, Twitter enable the organizations to speak directly and solicit the responses from public affordably and quickly. However, the actual intention of the media is to connect the friends and not the employees or customers. Further, as per the website, for the businesses with regard to the managers for the purpose of communication, social media does not fit properly.

Name of the resource – Weigel, 2017 

Type of resource – Website

Name of the author / publisher – Margaret Weigel

Audience test – Academic audience

Transparency – data collected from various employees and presented in general view. The collection of data and analysis of data can be checked.

Objectivity test – the purpose of writing is for general purpose.

Currency test – the information is for the year 2017

References

DuMoulin LLP, F. (2017). Social Media Risks in the Workplace | Lexology. Lexology.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017, from https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ee35643b-07e1-4f69-9eb0-641318da2a78

Munene, A., & Nyaribo, Y. (2017). Effect of Social Media Pertication in the Workplace on Employee Productivity. https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/social-media/social-media-workplace-research-roundupJournalistsresource.org. Retrieved 3 August 2017, from https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/social-media/social-media-workplace-research-roundup

Patterson, S. (2012). Social Media And the Workplace. oakland.edu. Retrieved 4 August 2017, from https://www.oakland.edu/Assets/upload/docs/UHR/Training/SocialMediaPresentation_July2012.pdf

Rose LLP, P. (2014). Social Media in the Workplace Around the World 3.0. Proskeure Rose LLP. Retrieved from https://www.proskauer.com/files/uploads/social-media-in-the-workplace-2014.pdf

Weigel, M. (2017). Cite a Website - Cite This For Me. Journalistsresource.org. Retrieved 4 August 2017, from https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/social-media/social-media-workplace-research-roundup