Trapped at the Top: When Leaders’ Fear Serve as a Barrier to Thriving Leadership
Abstract/Description
Information channels are increasingly widening with the crazy growth of the Internet and mobile social media. Meanwhile, the well-versed concept known as the FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) has also made inroads into the professional life. Despite being explored in work contexts with a focus on employees’ FOMO, understanding of leaders’ FOMO and its consequences is lacking. The present study seeks to analyze the relation of leaders FOMO and thrive at work, using transactional stress theory. A data of 202 respondednts in IT industry of Pakistan were compiled using convenience sampling. The findings irradiate the mediating role of hindrance stress in relations between leaders’ FOMO and thrive at work. Also, the study finds the moderating role of role breadth self-efficacy in relation between leaders’ FOMO and hindrance stress. This research extends the larger understanding of workplace FOMO, expanding the scope of investigation by unpacking the differential impact of leaders’ FOMO on their job-related outcomes. The paper then provides implications and future work.
Keywords
Leaders’ FoMO, hindrance stress, thrive at work, role breath, self-efficacy, IT industry, Pakistan
Track
Management
Session Number/Theme
Management - Session I
Start Date/Time
13-6-2025 2:15 PM
End Date/Time
13-6-2025 3:55 PM
Location
MCC – 14 AMAN CED Building
Recommended Citation
Awan, D. A., Amin, H., & Riaz, S. (2025). Trapped at the Top: When Leaders’ Fear Serve as a Barrier to Thriving Leadership. IBA SBS 4th International Conference 2025. Retrieved from https://ir.iba.edu.pk/sbsic/2025/program/30
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Trapped at the Top: When Leaders’ Fear Serve as a Barrier to Thriving Leadership
MCC – 14 AMAN CED Building
Information channels are increasingly widening with the crazy growth of the Internet and mobile social media. Meanwhile, the well-versed concept known as the FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) has also made inroads into the professional life. Despite being explored in work contexts with a focus on employees’ FOMO, understanding of leaders’ FOMO and its consequences is lacking. The present study seeks to analyze the relation of leaders FOMO and thrive at work, using transactional stress theory. A data of 202 respondednts in IT industry of Pakistan were compiled using convenience sampling. The findings irradiate the mediating role of hindrance stress in relations between leaders’ FOMO and thrive at work. Also, the study finds the moderating role of role breadth self-efficacy in relation between leaders’ FOMO and hindrance stress. This research extends the larger understanding of workplace FOMO, expanding the scope of investigation by unpacking the differential impact of leaders’ FOMO on their job-related outcomes. The paper then provides implications and future work.
