Facebook Addiction as Predictor of Work Engagement and Social Relationship among Organizational Employees

Abstract

The primary objective of this paper is to explore the role of Facebook addiction as a predictor of work engagement and social relationships, including its sub-components, namely family relationships and peer relationships. The sample comprised 400 organizational employees, 200 male and 200 female, aged 20 to 50 years (M = 37.5, SD = 13.32). Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) (Schaufeli & Bakker, 2003), the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) (Andreessen, 2012), and the Provisions of Social Relation Scale (PSRS) (Ayub, 2004) were employed to measure the indicators of the study. Results revealed that Facebook addiction leads to less work engagement, weak family relationships, and strong peer relationships. It is also indicated that younger adults have more Facebook addiction, less work engagement, weak family relations, and strong peer relationships than older adults. Furthermore, no significant differences were observed in Facebook addiction between male and female individuals upon their work engagement, family relationship, and peer relationship. Non-significant differences were found between graduates and post-graduate individuals regarding study variables.