Put down your phone and listen to me: How boss phubbing undermines the psychological conditions necessary for employee engagement

• Published in: Computers in human behavior Vol. 75; pp. 206 - 217
• Main Authors: Roberts, James A., David, Meredith E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elmsford Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2017; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Employee engagement; Employee involvement; Phubbing; Psychological conditions; Psychology; Smartphones; Supervisors; Supervisory trust; Trust; Supervisory trust; Psychological conditions; Phubbing; Employee engagement

This study investigates the impact of an increasingly common behavior by supervisors, namely boss phubbing (phone-snubbing). We define boss phubbing (BPhubbing) as the extent to which a supervisor uses or is distracted by his/her cell phone while in the presence of subordinates, and examine its impa...