The intense proliferation of social media platforms into every facet of human lives has
engaged researchers' attention towards understanding their adverse influences, referred to as
the dark side of social media (DoSM) in the evolving literature. A relatively unexplored
context in this regard is employees' personal use of social ...
The intense proliferation of social media platforms into every facet of human lives has
engaged researchers' attention towards understanding their adverse influences, referred to as
the dark side of social media (DoSM) in the evolving literature. A relatively unexplored
context in this regard is employees' personal use of social media during work hours and its
impact on work-related outcomes. Since using social media during work hours can have
implications for work performance and productivity, the lack of research in the area needs to
be addressed by scholars sooner rather than later. Specifically, it is important to understand
the drivers and outcomes of such behaviour. We have thus conceptualized a theoretical model
based on the associations among individual tendencies (exhibitionism and voyeurism), fear of
missing out (FoMO), and individual-level psychological (compulsive use of social media) and
behavioral (work performance decrement and procrastination) outcomes of social media use
during work hours. Grounded in the stressor-strain-outcomes (SSO) framework, the
hypothesized associations were tested by a path analysis of 312 responses collected from
individuals working in the United States. The results confirmed significant relationships
between individual tendencies and FoMO, as well as psychological and behavioural
outcomes. The findings contribute to the evolving literature around DoSM in the workplace
and offer useful and practical insights.