Business Analytics and Decision Making

This study focuses on the impact of web-based chatting on employee productivity and morale. Participants are asked to provide their opinions and experiences regarding web-based chatting in the workplace.

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Topic: Business Analytics and Decision Making
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PART 1: Introduction to the study
Dear participants,
I am currently a -student at Murdoch University. The purpose of this survey was to gather
data for purely academic purposes. The study purposed to determine if web-based chatting
platform is distracting employees. All information will be confidential. Kindly respond to all
questions as accurately as possible in the spaces provided.
Feel much appreciated for taking time to complete the below questionnaire. It must not
consume more than 15 minutes of your time to fill the survey. Your opinions remain
confidential, and you won’t be mentioned anywhere in the research project report.
Participants should be of age between (25 to 40) years
Feel free to contact me in case you need to make any inquiry on ----.To continue with the
study, please read the following statements and confirm if you agree with them.
Part 2.Consent
 I affirm that I have conceptualised above content ( )
 I am informed that all the information I provide will remain secretive to the user only
( )
 I agree that data gathered in this survey may be stored well and may be used for future
project ( )
 I give the required opinions willingly and I can also quit willingly ( )
 Having understand the terms of the questionnaire am willing to participate. ( )
3. Is web-based chatting distracting employees at work?

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1).Do you think your core workers use chatting platform wrongly at work place? No Yes
2).Do you think if your employer bans the use of web based chatting at the work place will
negatively impact your motivation?
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3) .what extent do you use web-based chatting?
Opinion
None
Very weak
weak
Neutral
Strong
Very strong

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4). (a).Do you agree that if web-based chatting is eliminated at the workplace will negatively
affect the morale of workers at your organization?
Opinion ( )
Very high ( )
high ( )
Moderate ( )
low ( )
Very low ( )
b). In your opinion above please specificy how do you think the morale will be affected.
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5). What is the strength of controls that have been established in your workplace to
curb web-based chatting of the employees?
Opinion [ ]
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high [ ]
moderate [ ]
low [ ]
Very low
6). Chatting is the source of taking your concentration from work. YES ( )
NO ( )
7). I regularly use chatting as a way of communicating with my colleagues at the
workplace. YES NO
8).what extend are you able to control chatting a bit while at workplace?
None
Very high
High
Moderate
Low
Very low
9).The messages I receive through chatting while at works disrupts my work.YES
NO
10).Chatting affects the quality my work YES [ ] NO [ ]
11).A day without chatting how does is it seem to be?
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12).In your own thinking what should be done to curb web based chatting?
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13).Rate the extend with which you are able to meet the required deadline in your
daily chores putting your daily chat into consideration.
Likert scale Very high High Moderate Low Very low
14). Chatting is very crucial in the performance of my work.
YES ( ) No ( )
15).In your assessment, what level of risk do you think web-based chatting expose to

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the organization.
Light [ ]
Medium [ ]
Heavy [ ]
16).Apart of eliminating the web based chatting what do you think should be done to
cope with it?
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17). Web-based chatting should consider the workplace. YES { } NO { }
18).The level of private chatting on a working day.
Likert scale Very high High moderate Low Very low
19). What is the level of damage to web-based chatting on your performance?
Level of
damage
Insignificant minor Moderate major catastrophic
20).What your individual effort on ensuring that web based chatting does not affect
your work?
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Thank you.