Does your boss check his personal email
or read websites featuring non-work-related information (such as the news or
online shopping) more often than
you?  It’s likely according to the
findings of Garrett and Danziger (2008). 
By conducting a phone survey (n=1,024), these researchers found that
employees of higher status (measured by job autonomy, income, education, and
job status) use the internet for personal reasons while on the job more often
than those of lower status.

Garrett and Danziger also found that men
and women differed slightly in the type
of cyberslacking (also known as cyberloafing) performed.  Men were more likely to use the
internet for leisure-related surfing than women, but no differences in gender
were found for engaging in non-work personal communications.

What I find to be most interesting about
this article is that its findings are contrary to the modern perception that
lower-status employees spend more time cyberslacking than higher-status
employees.  Perhaps this is
partially due to the fact that higher-status employees nowadays report less
leisure time than lower-status employees. 
Maybe at higher levels, work time becomes vital for crossing certain
personal agenda items off of the list.