Ateş Alper, Erer Beyza
Department of Tourism Guidance, Faculty of Tourism, Selçuk University, Konya, Türkiye.
Department of Human Resources Management, Söke Faculty of Business Administration, Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Türkiye.
Iran J Public Health. 2025 Mar;54(3):598-606. doi: 10.18502/ijph.v54i3.18253.
Smartphone addiction, a growing issue affecting Generation X, Y, and Z, is characterized by excessive use of applications, leading to counterproductive behaviors like virtual shifting. This study aimed to investigate the moderating role of generation differences (X and Y) in the effect of smartphone addiction on cyberloafing behaviors.
Participants included 423 bank employees and volunteers, with 214 from the X generation and 209 from the Y generation, from three provinces in Turkey. Participants were selected through simple random sampling, and data were gathered using Google Forms between February and Mar 2024. The data were analyzed using SPSS 25 and AMOS 25 software.
The analysis indicated that a significant positive correlation between smartphone addiction and cyberloafing behaviors. Furthermore, smartphone addiction was found to have a positive impact on cyberloafing behaviors, with no generational differences in this association.
The study results highlight the importance of smartphone addiction in the workplace, as it leads to an increase in cyberloafing behavior.
智能手机成瘾是一个日益严重的问题,影响着X、Y和Z世代,其特点是过度使用应用程序,导致如虚拟转移等适得其反的行为。本研究旨在调查代际差异(X和Y)在智能手机成瘾对网络偷懒行为影响中的调节作用。
参与者包括来自土耳其三个省份的423名银行员工和志愿者,其中X世代214人,Y世代209人。参与者通过简单随机抽样选取,并于2024年2月至3月期间使用谷歌表单收集数据。数据使用SPSS 25和AMOS 25软件进行分析。
分析表明,智能手机成瘾与网络偷懒行为之间存在显著正相关。此外,发现智能手机成瘾对网络偷懒行为有积极影响,且这种关联不存在代际差异。
研究结果凸显了智能手机成瘾在工作场所的重要性,因为它会导致网络偷懒行为增加。