Social Media Use Policies In The Workplace: A Study On A Specific Hygiene Factor Leading To Job Satisfaction

Abstract

The use of social media has become part of people’s daily lives and this includes the workforce. The use of social media in the workplace, which may affect an employee’s performance and productivity, has concerned organizations and has led them to formulating social media policies. A total of 60 purposively selected white-collar job employees were surveyed for the study—30 employees from a company with a social media use policy and 30 employees from a company without a social media use policy. It was found through the linear regression analysis that there is no significant relationship between the existence of a social media use policy and job satisfaction (r=.326). There was also no significant difference between the average job satisfaction scores of employees from the two companies (U=360, p=.182). It is concluded that the existence of a social media use policy, a hygiene factor, does not influence the job satisfaction of an employee.