Corporate Psychopathy and Internet Video Game Addiction in the Workplace

Abstract

In general, if employees use video games excessively rather than working hard, it becomes a matter of great concern in the workplace. However, video game addiction studies in the workplace are rare. The present study was, therefore, developed to examine the organizational behaviors related to video game addiction in the workplace. For this, the present study collected data from 305 employees in Korean companies through a survey method and use a series of multiple regression. In the results, first, the more employees suffer from corporate psychopathy, then they are more likely to be addictive in the video game. Second, the more addictive employee is in the video game, their turnover intention and work to family conflict increase. Third, video game addiction mediates the relationship between corporate psychopathy and employees' turnover intention and work to family conflict. Finally, when employees perceive more support provided by the organization, they are less likely to be addicted to the video game, which is aroused by corporate psychopathy. For research contributions, first, this study is the first to empirically verify the antecedents and consequences of video game addiction in the workplace. Second, this study is the first to investigate the mediation of video game addiction empirically. Third, this study is the first to show perceived organizational support to buffer the relationship between corporate psychopathy and video game addiction.