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‘Utterly Disgraceful’: Social Media and the Workplace
Author(s) -
Barnes Alison,
Balnave Nikola,
Holland Peter
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8500.12314
Subject(s) - impartiality , politics , servant , political science , public servant , social media , public relations , public office , work (physics) , sociology , public administration , law , engineering , software engineering , mechanical engineering
Social media use by Australian public servants has given rise to questions pertaining to their political rights, impartiality and privacy outside of work. Drawing on the recent case Starr v Department of Human Services these issues are explored. The findings suggest that social media use has heightened tensions around public servant's rights to comment on issues of the day, and its use by employees both inside and beyond the workplace remains contested terrain.