@article{fahed2019mobile,
  title = {Mobile Phone Misuse in the Workplace},
  author = {Souha AbdelNour Fahed and Rita Kmeid},
  year = 2019,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/JMTKS/2019/201260/},
  journal = {Journal of Mobile Technologies, Knowledge and Society},
  volume = 2019,
  pages = 6,
  doi = 10.5171/2019.201260,
  abstract = {Today’s workplaces are increasingly utilizing electronic devices to boost the efficiency of daily processes and performance of employees. Firms sustain less a mobile free policy. Still, managers have a hard time dealing with employees who have a problematic use of mobile phones within the framework of work duties and work schedule. These concerns have raised the need to better understand which employees are more prone to mobile phone abuse. This study assess whether certain character traits are associated with a problematic use of mobile phones.  Data was collected conveniently from 244 employees and 199 (81.5%) were considered for the study. Each participant filled the Problematic Use of Mobile Phones (PUMP) and the Big Five Model questionnaires. Results revealed that 86.93% of the employees have a problematic use of mobile phones. However, a regression analysis showed that personality traits of the Big Five Model could explain only to a low extent the problematic use of mobile phones. The study compares its results with those of other studies conducted within other cultures and raises the question of possible cultural differences among personality traits and mobile phone use.},
  keywords = {Mobile phone, misuse, PUMP, personality traits, workplace. },
  note = Article ID: 201260
}