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A NEGLECTED CONCEPT RELATED TO BUSINESSES: WORKPLACE BOREDOM PROBLEM

Volume: 6 Number: 2 December 22, 2022
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A NEGLECTED CONCEPT RELATED TO BUSINESSES: WORKPLACE BOREDOM PROBLEM

Abstract

Workplace boredom is one of the major problems facing businesses today. An employee who is physically in workplace but unable to use his/her full potential due to boredom problem, experiences loss of motivation, loss of working enthusiasm in that workplace and this can have negative consequences that can be costly for the businesses. Potential health problems, increase in intention of quitting from job, increase in the stress level and inefficiency are among the negative consequences of workplace boredom. For these reasons, the problem of boredom is a negative situation that renders the employee ineffective and pushes her to work below his/her capacity. In this study, a general informing about workplace boredom problem was made, the typology of the boredom experience was explained. In the following parts of the study, factors that caused the workplace boredom problem were mentioned. According to the important studies conducted on the subject in the literature, it has been observed that the most prominent cause of boredom problem is that the assignments given to the employee does not force the employee enough. On the other hand, another detail included in the study is the research in which the professions of law and project management, which are considered as the occupational group in which the employees have the most boredom problems, were determined. Moreover, in the study, the strategies in order to cope with this problem were stated. A related literature study was compiled. In the last part of the study, the suggestions of the managers and employees about the boredom problem were presented. This study contributes to the literature on employee well-being by extending the current knowledge on workplace boredom.

Keywords

Workplace Boredom , The Reasons of Workplace Boredom , The Strategies to Cope with Workplace Boredom

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APA
Açık Taşar, S., & Demir, Ö. (2022). A NEGLECTED CONCEPT RELATED TO BUSINESSES: WORKPLACE BOREDOM PROBLEM. Fırat Üniversitesi Uluslararası İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi, 6(2), 59-84. https://izlik.org/JA27AT96PE