Boredom in the workplace and its relationship to life satisfaction among recreation and leisure professionals

Lee, Joohyun; Wetzel, Zack

doi:10.18089/tms.2023.190104

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“…Moreover, boredom has been found to negatively predict life satisfaction. 34 Therefore, these negative experiences may undermine individuals' interpersonal relationships and exacerbate feelings of loneliness. In addition, loneliness may also contribute to boredom proneness, [35][36][37] suggesting a bidirectional relationship between boredom proneness and loneliness.…”

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Why Cannot I Stop Phubbing? Boredom Proneness and Phubbing: A Multiple Mediation Model

Gao,

Liu,

Shen

et al. 2023

PRBM

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Background With the popularity of smartphone and their increasingly rich functions, people’s attachment to their phones is increasing. While people enjoy the convenience that smartphone bring (eg, accessing information and socializing), it also leads to problematic smartphone use (eg, phubbing). Previous research has shown that boredom proneness can trigger phubbing. However, the underlying psychological mechanisms are not yet clear. Methods To address this research gap, we surveyed 556 Chinese college students ( M age = 18.89 years, SD = 1.18) during the COVID-19 pandemic and all participants completed a self-report questionnaire. Drawing the Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution model (I-PACE) for addictive behaviors, this study developed and examined a multiple mediation model incorporating boredom proneness, loneliness, fear of missing out (FoMO), and phubbing. Results (1) Boredom proneness could positively predict phubbing; (2) loneliness and FoMO mediated the relationship between boredom proneness and phubbing, respectively; and (3) loneliness and FoMO sequentially mediated the relationship between boredom proneness and phubbing. Conclusion These findings are not only valuable for understanding the underlying mechanisms linking boredom proneness and phubbing, but also suggest that three types of interventions could be effectively used to decrease the risk of phubbing among college students, namely, reducing boredom proneness, relieving loneliness, and decreasing FoMO.

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Why Cannot I Stop Phubbing? Boredom Proneness and Phubbing: A Multiple Mediation Model

Gao,

Liu,

Shen

et al. 2023

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What Role Perceived Justice Play between Job Boredom and Cyber-loafing? A Mediational Inquiry of Employees at Software Houses

Younas,

Abbas,

Qayyum

2023

JPAP

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Owning to the very nature of their work, employees working in the field of information technology (IT) have higher exposure to internet use and surfing. This is why, the phenomenon of cyberloafing is quite common among IT professionals. Taking this into account, our study proposed to investigate the interrelatedness among job boredom, perceived justice and cyberloafing in employees (N = 213) working under software developers at various software houses in Lahore. Results indicated that while job boredom increased with an increase in cyberloafing, an inverse association was observed between perceived justice and cyberloafing. Correspondingly, cyberloafing was significantly predicted by both job boredom and perceived justice. Moreover, perceived justice emerged as a partial mediator between job boredom and cyberloafing. While our findings made valuable additions to the indigenous literature, they can also facilitate counsellors and therapists working in organizational settings as well as the personnel at human resource departments to collaborate on working towards creating a conducive workplace environment that can curtail cyberloafing and boredom by increasing a sense of justice among employees.

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Boredom in the workplace and its relationship to life satisfaction among recreation and leisure professionals

Cited by 2 publications

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Why Cannot I Stop Phubbing? Boredom Proneness and Phubbing: A Multiple Mediation Model

Why Cannot I Stop Phubbing? Boredom Proneness and Phubbing: A Multiple Mediation Model

What Role Perceived Justice Play between Job Boredom and Cyber-loafing? A Mediational Inquiry of Employees at Software Houses

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