Employee Self-Development or Cyberloafing? The Effects of Occupational Future Time Perspective on Employee’s Behaviors

Abstract

Based on the socioemotional selectivity theory, this research discusses the relationship between occupational future time perspective and employee selfdevelopment, occupational future time perspective and cyberloafing, and their mechanisms. The results show that there is a dual effect of occupational future time perspective on employee's behaviors. High occupational future time perspective can positively predict employee self-development, which can be partly mediated by the eudaimonic motive. Low OFTP negatively predicted cyberloafing, which can also be partly mediated by the hedonic motive. This study not only enriches the research of OFTP, but also provides some management enlightenments for the organization.

Emotion regulation, e‐learning readiness, technology usage status, in‐class smartphone cyberloafing, and smartphone addiction in the time of COVID‐19 pandemic

“…In the process to buffer the impact of the pandemic, the need for emotion regulation strategies to reduce the decline in the quality of life of university students arose (Panayiotou et al, 2021). Individuals who have difficulty in emotion regulation showed a higher tendency for cyberloafing during the pandemic (Li, 2021). In a recent study, where smartphones were used for emotion regulation in the flow of daily life, some participants were concerned about negative effects, including addiction (Shi et al, 2023).…”