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Impact of Smartphone Addiction on Business Students’ Academic Performance: A Case Study

Independent Journal of Management & Production

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Title Impact of Smartphone Addiction on Business Students’ Academic Performance: A Case Study
 
Creator Arefin, Shamsul
Islam, Rafiqul
Mustafi, Mohitul Ameen Ahmed
Afrin, Sharmina
Islam, Nazrul
 
Subject Smartphone Addiction; University Students; Structural Equation Modeling; Impatience and Tolerance; Daily-life Disturbance
 
Description The development of telecom technology has a profound impact on the lives and activities of the people of the world. Smartphone usage became popular to young generation because of its educational and entertaining options by using the numerous apps. Among the young people, students are increasingly using Smartphone. But excessive Smartphone usage usually makes the students addicted to that subconsciously impacts on user’s academic performance, daily activities, physical and mental health and withdrawal tendency, and social relationships. This study aims at identifying the factors that affect the level of Smartphone addiction of the students and its impact on their academic performance. A structured questionnaire has been developed to gather data from the students. A total of 247 questionnaires were collected from the business students of a university of Bangladesh. Using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) the data were analyzed. Results revealed five Smartphone addiction factors such as, positive anticipation, impatience and tolerance, withdrawal, daily-life disturbance, and cyber friendship. Tolerance and daily-life disturbance have significant impact on students’ academic performance. This study suggests that the students should minimize the usage of Smartphone for achieving good academic performance.
 
Publisher Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo
 
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Date 2017-09-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
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Identifier http://www.ijmp.jor.br/index.php/ijmp/article/view/629
10.14807/ijmp.v8i3.629
 
Source Independent Journal of Management & Production; Vol 8, No 3 (2017): Independent Journal of Management & Production; 955-975
2236-269X
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ijmp.jor.br/index.php/ijmp/article/view/629/726
http://www.ijmp.jor.br/index.php/ijmp/article/view/629/743
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2017 Shamsul Arefin, Rafiqul Islam, Mohitul Ameen Ahmed Mustafi, Sharmina Afrin, Nazrul Islam
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