The impact of fear of missing out in the digital age on the motivation of organizational employees

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of Missing Out in the Digital Age on the Motivation of Organizational Employees. For this purpose, survey method and questionnaire technique were used in the research. The Fear of Missing Developments was measured using the 10-item scale of fear of missing out designed by Pezybylski et al. (2013) and adapted to Turkish by Gökler et al. In order to measure the motivation of the organization employees, a scale consisting of 18 items developed by Semerci and Bilgiç (2005) inspired by Gordon's work in 1993 was used. Six questions were asked regarding the demographic variables: gender, age, marital status, education level, working position in the institution and total working time in the institution. The sample of the study consists of the white collar employees of three big international companies operating in the production sector in Izmir, who do not want to be named. A total of 150 questionnaires were delivered to the employees of three large enterprises. All 133 questionnaire forms collected from the participants and found suitable for evaluation were analyzed. When the results of the research were evaluated, it was found that there was no significant relationship between the motivation of the organization employees' fear of missing developments. During the literature review, no study was found in management science related to this subject. Therefore, it is thought that addressing the relations between variables and the research part will contribute to business science, management and organizational literature and the sector, and the suggestions presented to the companies as a result of the research will have an impact on the management-related outcomes in the enterprises.