With the advancement in smartphone technology, employees at the workplace use cell phones and gadgets to update technological information regarding social media applications, news live-streams, and gaming activities. As a result, there is growing concern that employees using smartphones may experience withdrawal in creativity during office hours. This study unpacks the relationship between online vigilance and creative behaviour, signifying the mediating role of absentmindedness and moderating role of perceived behavioural control. Data was collected from 330 IT professionals working in IT-based organizations in Pakistan. Findings revealed that online vigilance leads to increased absent-mindedness and has a damaging effect on employees' creative behaviour. Meanwhile, the moderating role of perceived behavioural control may reduce the negative impact of online vigilance on mental and creative behaviour. Results support the idea that the moderating role of perceived behavioural control buffers against the adverse effects of online vigilance on creative behaviour through absent-mindedness. The findings of this study contribute to the body of literature and theory. Additionally, they facilitate organisations to focus on employees' mindfulness interventions necessary for their creative behaviour.

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Purpose The ethical issues arising at work demand the role of both leader and employees, but how both the levels are linked in determining the ethical responses is an area that has not gained due attention in the past. Against this backdrop, this study aims to address the influence of a leader’s authenticity and ethical voice on ethical culture and the role ethicality of followers. Design/methodology/approach Survey design has been used, and a questionnaire is used to elicit the responses. In total, 381 filled questionnaires were used for data analysis. Findings The findings of this study highlight the role of authentic leadership in predicting the role ethicality of followers both directly and through the mediation of ethical culture. Furthermore, a leader’s ethical voice strengthens the authentic leadership and outcome relationships (with ethical culture and followers’ role ethicality). The moderated-mediation mechanism has proved as the leaders’ voice foster the indirect mechanism. Originality/value There is a dearth of literature that has focused on leadership traits (authenticity) and behavior (ethical voice) in predicting the followers’ outcomes (perceptions – ethical culture and behaviors – role ethicality). The moderated-mediation mechanism has been unattended in the past.