The effect of communication climate and nomophobia on cyberloafing

With the increase in the use of smartphones, new problems have emerged within the institutions that have not been seen before. With digitalization, virtual life and what it brings sometimes cause cyberloafing, which is not positive, even if it is the desired situation for institutions. Therefore, in this study, it is aimed to determine the relationship between cyberloafing and the concept of nomophobia, which is thought to be affecting it, and the communication climate in institutions. For this purpose, the research was carried out on 253 teachers working in official education institutions affiliated to the Erzurum Ministry of National Education. According to the findings of the research, it is seen that the defensive communication climate, which is the sub-dimension of the communication climate, affects the important and unimportant cyberloafing, which is the sub-dimension of cyberloafing, in a meaningful and positive way, while the supportive communication climate, which is the other sub-dimension, affects the significant cyberloafing negatively, but does not affect the insignificant cyberloafing. While disruption in daily life and tolerance, which are sub-dimensions of nomophobia, affect cyberloafing, no relationship was found between other sub-dimensions and cyberloafing. While a significant relationship was found between the defensive communication climate and the sub-dimensions of nomophobia, it was observed that there was no significant relationship between the supportive communication climate and the sub-dimensions of nomophobia.