THE ROLE OF FEAR OF MISSING OUT (FoMO) IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY TRAITS AND CYBERLOAFING

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Ozcan H. M., KOÇ U.

EGE ACADEMIC REVIEW, cilt.23, sa.1, ss.11-25, 2023 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 23 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.21121/eab.987487
  • Dergi Adı: EGE ACADEMIC REVIEW
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.11-25
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cyberloafing, Five Factor Personality Traits, Fomo, Need to Belong, Social Comparison, Social Media, SOCIAL MEDIA USE, ADEQUATE TAXONOMY, INTERNET USE, BEHAVIOR, IMPACT, NEED, EXTROVERSION, DIMENSIONS, DEPRESSION, CONFLICT
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Cyberloafing is one of the areas that researchers have been following with interest and has been extensively studied with its causes and results. In the studies conducted, it has been argued that personality is one of the factors affecting cyberloafing and in these studies personality is generally discussed in terms of five factor personality traits. Although the growing body of research about the relationship among cyberloafing and personality traits, many important questions remain unanswered. In particular, it is still unclear whether FoMO is related to cyberloafing, and what the mechanism behind the cyberloafing-personality traits link is. The present study addresses this gap by examining the mediator role of fear of missing out (FoMO) on the relationship between cyberloafing and personality traits within the context of need to belong thory and social comparison theory. To this end, suvey data, collected from 443 employees working in state-owned banks and private banks, was used to test hypotheses. Results showed that FoMO mediates the negative relationship between conscientiousness and cyberloafing. Furthermore, it was found that FoMO is negatively associated with cyberloafing.