The dark side of social media in the workplace: A social comparison perspective

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Highlights：

• Employees browsing social media information may fall into online social comparison.

• The dark side of social media usage was examined from the lens of online social comparison.

• Upward social comparison on social media can harm employee job performance via ego-depletion.

• Preference for online social interaction can exacerbate the negative impact of social comparison.

摘要

•Employees browsing social media information may fall into online social comparison.•The dark side of social media usage was examined from the lens of online social comparison.•Upward social comparison on social media can harm employee job performance via ego-depletion.•Preference for online social interaction can exacerbate the negative impact of social comparison.

论文关键词：Social media,Social comparison,Ego-depletion,Job performance

论文评审过程：Received 9 January 2022, Revised 8 June 2022, Accepted 24 June 2022, Available online 27 June 2022, Version of Record 8 July 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107377