Internet, Social Media, and Mobile Device Addiction Effects on a Workplace

The purpose of this literature review was to address an existing gap in the literature in understanding how addiction in the form of internet, social media, and mobile device addiction and dependency positively and negatively affect a workplace. The objective of the research was to review over 70 publications on the topics of internet addiction, social media addiction, mobile device dependency, a lack of leading consensus, benefits in the workplace, and challenges in the workplace to include industrial espionage. Future research is also addressed.