Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
3 rd International Recreation and Sports Management Congress, Antalya, Türkiye, 16 - 19 Mayıs 2022, ss.320-3021
THE ROLE OF PERCEPTION OF BOREDOM IN LEISURE IN DETERMINING JOB BURNOUT AND SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION Introduction and Aim: Today, problems in business life, the feeling of inadequacy that the individual feels with the duties and responsibilities expected from work, etc. can point to the burnout syndrome. The excessive use of social media, especially as an escape route from the negativities in business life, comes to the fore as a subject of research. In this context, the concept of “boredom”, which is thought to be effective in individuals spending more time on social media in the workplace and is a disease of the modern age, comes to the fore. The purpose of this study was to investigate job burnout, social media addiction and perception of boredom in leisure levels with respect to some variables and to examine the predictive power of perception of boredom in leisure on job burnout and social media addiction. Method: A total of 409 (224 women and 185 men) participants selected with convenience sampling method provided responses to “Burnout Measure-Short Form (BMS)”, “Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS)" and "Leisure Boredom Scale (LBS). MANOVA, ANOVA and multiple linear regression analysis was performed to analyze the data. Findings: Analysis indicated significant differences of “BMS” with regard to gender favor of women (p<0.05). MANOVA indicated that the main effect of the physical activity participation on the subscales of the LBS was statistically significant (p< 0.05). Similarly, Analysis also indicated that the mean scores of participants of “BMS” indicated statistically significant differences according to non-participants participants (p< 0.05). According to the results of the research evaluating the daily social media usage frequency, significant differences were found between the mean scores of the participants using "less than 1 hour" in the "SMAS" "virtual tolerance" and "virtual communication" sub-dimensions and the participants using "1-3 hours", "4-6 hours" and "6 and above" (p< 0.01). Regression analysis indicated that leisure boredom were significant predictors of job burnout and social media addiction. Conclusion: As a result, it can be conclude that as the participants' perception of boredom increased, their job burnout and social media addiction.
Keywords: Leisure boredom - job burnout - social media addiction