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Abida Ellahi1, Yasir Javed2, Samina Begum1
1Department of Management Sciences, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Frontiers in Psychology
|September 6, 2021
Summary
Bedtime smartphone use harms employee sleep quality, leading to reduced work performance and engagement, and increased workplace conflicts. This highlights the negative impact of excessive digital device dependency.
Area of Science:
- Behavioral Science
- Occupational Health
- Digital Well-being
Background:
- Growing international concern over excessive smartphone usage and dependency.
- Detrimental effects of increased gadget use on individual users.
- Need to understand the negative impacts of smartphone use on human well-being and productivity.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the effects of bedtime smartphone usage on employee work performance, interpersonal conflicts, and work engagement.
- To examine the mediating role of sleep quality in the relationship between bedtime smartphone usage and work-related outcomes.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional study design.
- Questionnaire-based field survey.
- Data collected from 315 employee participants.
Main Results:
- Bedtime smartphone usage negatively impacts sleep quality.
- Sleep quality significantly affects work performance, work engagement, and interpersonal conflicts.
- Sleep quality mediates the relationship between bedtime smartphone usage and work performance/interpersonal conflicts.
Conclusions:
- Reduced sleep quality from bedtime smartphone use leads to lower work performance and engagement.
- Increased interpersonal conflicts are associated with poor sleep quality due to smartphone use.
- Findings indicate smartphone usage before sleep diminishes employee productivity and increases workplace conflicts.
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