The spillover effect of online vigilance on employees’ absent‐mindedness and creative behaviour: A coping mechanism

Abstract

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.

نمذجة العلاقات السببية بين يقظة الإنترنت وتعدد المهام عبر الوسائط والتجول العقلي والتسويف الأكاديمي والتحصيل الدراسي لدى طلبة الجامعة

“…‫عم‬ ‫تيـ‬ ‫وقدر‬ ‫األكاديمي‬ ‫أدائيـ‬ ‫قؿ‬ ‫يعر‬ ‫مما‬ ‫العميؽ،‬ ‫الفيـ‬ ‫و‬ ‫بفاعمية‬ ‫اسية‬ ‫الدر‬ ‫المياـ‬ ‫إتماـ‬ ‫ى‬ (Khayretdinova, 2022;Melgaard et al, 2022;Lian et al, 2022;Sumuer & Kaşıkcı, 2022) . ‫العقمي‬ ‫التجول‬ ‫و‬ ‫اإلنترنت‬ ‫يقظة‬ ‫بين‬ ‫العالقة‬ ‫إطار‬ ‫وفي‬ ‫السابقة‬ ‫اسات‬ ‫الدر‬ ‫نتائج‬ ‫كشفت‬ ‫فقد‬ : ‫عف‬ ‫إحصائية‬ ‫داللة‬ ‫ذات‬ ‫موجبة‬ ‫تباطية‬ ‫ار‬ ‫عبلقة‬ ‫وجود‬ ‫بيف‬ ‫كما‬ ‫العقمي،‬ ‫التجوؿ‬ ‫و‬ ‫نت‬ ‫اإلنتر‬ ‫يقظة‬ ‫نت‬ ‫اإلنتر‬ ‫عبر‬ ‫المتدفقة‬ ‫بالمعمومات‬ ‫المستمر‬ ‫االنشغاؿ‬ ‫يؤدي‬ ‫و‬ ‫ن‬ ‫باإلنتر‬ ‫الدائـ‬ ‫االتصاؿ‬ ‫ت‬ ‫إلى‬ ‫الفرد‬ ‫لدى‬ ‫العقمي‬ ‫التجوؿ‬ ‫مستوى‬ ‫مف‬ ‫يد‬ ‫يز‬ ‫مما‬ ‫بالمياـ‬ ‫تبطة‬ ‫المر‬ ‫غير‬ ‫باألفكار‬ ‫االنشغاؿ‬ (Johannes et al, 2018;Iqbal et al, 2022 (Odaci, 2011;Myrick, 2015;Meier et al, 2016;Reinecke, Meier, Beutel et al, 89 2018;Abiodun-Oyebanji, 2019;Nwosu et al, 2020;Latipah et al,2021;Anierobi et al, 2021;Hong et al, 2021;Rahoo et al, 2021;Türel & Dokumaci, 2022;Anwar et al, 2022;Narci, 2022 (Domoff et al, 2020;Anthony et al, 2021;Sapci et al, 2021;Bhandarkar et al, 2021;Turel& Dokumaci, 2022;Collis& Eggers, 2022;Hameed et al, 2022 (May& Elder, 2018;Wammes et al, 2019;Abiodun-Oyebanji, 2019;Domoff et al, 2020;Le Roux et al, 2021;Apriyanti& Wardoyo, 2022) . (Anierobi et al, 2021;Melgaard et al, 2022) .…”

“…‫اسي‬ ‫الدر‬ ‫التحصيؿ‬ (Moon et al, 2020;García-Ros et al, 2023;Sparfeldt & Schwabe, 2024 Klimmt et al, 2018;Johannes et al, 2018;Du et al, 2021;Freytag et al, 2021 (Throuvala et al, 2021;Anierobi et al, 2021;Hossain et al, 2022;Narci, 2022;Wiwatowska et al, 2023) . ‫اسة‬ ‫الدر‬ ‫في‬ ‫الثاني‬ ‫الفرض‬ ‫نتيجة‬ ‫وتتفق‬ ‫نت‬ ‫مع‬ ‫الحالية‬ ‫التي‬ ‫السابقة‬ ‫اسات‬ ‫الدر‬ ‫بعض‬ ‫ائج‬ ‫تباطية‬ ‫ار‬ ‫عبلقة‬ ‫وجود‬ ‫اكتشؼ‬ ‫فقد‬ ‫األكاديمي:‬ ‫التسويؼ‬ ‫و‬ ‫نت‬ ‫اإلنتر‬ ‫يقظة‬ ‫بيف‬ ‫العبلقة‬ ‫تناولت‬ ‫اصؿ‬ ‫التو‬ ‫لوسائؿ‬ ‫المفرط‬ ‫االستخداـ‬ ‫وكذلؾ‬ ‫نت،‬ ‫لئلنتر‬ ‫الدائـ‬ ‫الفحص‬ ‫و‬ ‫االتصاؿ‬ ‫بيف‬ ‫موجبة‬ ‫المياـ‬ ‫تسويؼ‬ ‫مع‬ ‫الذكي‬ ‫لمياتؼ‬ ‫الدائـ‬ ‫الفحص‬ ‫و‬ ‫نت،‬ ‫اإلنتر‬ ‫و‬ ‫االجتماعي‬ ‫طمبة‬ ‫لدى‬ ‫األكاديمي‬ ‫الجامعة‬ (Odaci, 2011;Myrick, 2015;Meier et al, 2016;Reinecke, Meier, Beutel et al, 2018;Abiodun-Oyebanji, 2019;Nwosu et al, 2020;Latipah et al, 2021;Anierobi et al, 2021;Hong et al, 2021;Rahoo et al, 2021;Türel & Dokumaci, 2022;Anwar et al, 2022;Narci, 2022 (Johannes et al, 2018;Du et al, 2021;Hong et al, 2021;Turel& Dokumaci, 2022;Le Roux& Parry, 2022;Iqbal et al, 2022 Klimmt et al, 2018;Nwosu et al, 2020;Moon et al, 2020;Latipah et al, 2021;Anierobi et al, 2021;…”