ABSTRACT

Aim: This study aimed to examine the exposure of Boss Sociotelism (BPhubbing) employees in sports businesses.

Methods: In our study, "Boss pubbing (BPHUBBING) Scale" developed by Roberts and David (2017) and adapted to Turkish validity and reliability by Özdemir (2020) was used. The data was analysed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) 26.0 Following the statistical evaluation of data and the summarization of frequencies and percentages, students t-test and ANOVA analysis were used.

Results: As a result, all statistical analysis was done at 95% confidence level (p ≤ 0.05 was considered significant). When the statistical differences of the total score formed from the answers given to the Boss Phubbing questionnaire in terms of variables are examined. When the statistical differences of the total score formed from the answers given to the Boss Phubbing questionnaire in terms of variables are examined; A statistically significant difference was found in terms of gender, age range, educational status, preference to connect to the internet, duration of internet use, purpose of internet use, technological device connected to the internet, position in the institution, tenure at the institution.

Conclusion: In our study, according to the evaluation made in terms of working satisfaction in the institution, it was found that the sociotelism scores of the dissatisfied people were significantly higher. It has been concluded that this situation is particularly effective on the productivity of the employees and negatively on the work psychology. In future studies, it is seen that behaviors caused by smartphone addiction increase in business environments. Therefore, behaviors that occur as a result of smartphone addiction should be addressed from an organizational behavior perspective. Since this study is a cross-sectional study, studies can be conducted with different samples longitudinally.

Keywords: Sports Businesses, Work, Health, Phubbing, Boss Phubbing