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Impact of Using Social Media Networks on Individual Work-Related Outcomes

Journal

SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 14, Issue 13, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su14137646

Keywords

social media; job satisfaction; organizational commitment; work performance; employees

Funding

  1. Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technological Development, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina [142-451-2706/2021]

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This study aims to determine the effects of using social networks on work-related outcomes, considering the moderating effects of respondents' gender and age. The results show that the frequency of social media usage and number of photos have a positive impact on individual outcomes, while daily time usage, frequent posting of photos, and number of groups have negative effects on individual outcomes. Excessive use of social media can reduce job satisfaction, especially among older employees.
This paper aims to determine the effects of using social networks on work-related outcomes. Observed work-related outcomes are job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and work performance. The moderating effects of gender and age of respondents on the given relations were also observed. In addition, this paper aims to consider the theoretical and practical implications of such research. The research was conducted in West Balkan countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. Respondents were employed in organizations in these countries and 313 complete questionnaires were collected. The number of social media networks and somewhat frequency of social media networks usage and the number of photos has a positive effect on individual outcomes of employed persons. Daily time usage, frequency of posting photos, number of groups, and number of groups (active participant) have negative effects on individual outcomes of employed persons. Prolonged use of social media networks (during the day) can especially reduce job satisfaction while joining a large number of groups severely jeopardizes organizational commitment. Active participation in a number of groups significantly reduces salary satisfaction and organizational loyalty among male employees. Excessive use of social media network sites and frequent posting of images can reduce satisfaction with the nature of work and work performance among older employees. The discovered connections and influences have scientific and practical significance, which is explained in the paper.

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