Nomophobia in today's overlapping work and family domains: The influences on organizational identification.

This study investigates the impact of nomophobia—defined as the anxiety disorder arising from the fear of being without a mobile phone—on organizational identification and work-family conflict among teachers in public and private schools. Drawing on attentional control theory, which explains how anxiety disrupts cognitive processes, the research finds that nomophobia exacerbates conflicts between work and family roles, thereby reducing employees’ identification with organizational goals and values. Work-family conflict partially mediates the relationship between nomophobia and organizational identification, with family-to-work conflict showing a particularly strong effect. The findings highlight nomophobia as a significant psychological disorder affecting employee well-being and suggest that organizations should provide appropriate social and psychological support to nomophobic employees to improve both individual and organizational outcomes.