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Online dating has considerably altered the dating environment (Smith, 2016), with 27% of 18- to 24-year-olds and 22% of 25- to 34-year-olds using online dating sites to find potential romantic partners (Smith & Anderson, 2016). Further, 5% of Americans in a committed relationship or marriage report meeting their partner online (Smith & Anderson, 2016). Smith (2016) reports the growth of online dating app and website use for emerging adults and the population in general. However, despite the increasing relevance and use of online dating platforms, relatively little research has been done on the topic. Because online dating is a relatively new phenomenon, there is a lack of empirical research studying online dating. Most prior research has focused on deception in online dating and how self-presentation, self-disclosure, and personality traits among online daters shape relationship initiation and formation (Blackhart, Fitzpatrick, & Williamson, 2014; Clemens, Atkin, & Krishnan, 2015).
However, most previous studies have focused on individual behaviors when examining this excessive consumption of new media research about online dating behavior in the workplace is rare (Echeburua & de Corral, 2010; Kuss & Griffiths, 2011; Makinde et al., 2021). Online dating behavior is different from other internet media consumption. However, suppose employees use and commit online datings excessively rather than work hard. In that case, it will make a matter of great concern in the workplaces from the perspective of most companies except online dating service providers.
In this study, to further examine the organizational behaviors related to online dating behavior, the first step is to investigate the organizational factors that arouse online dating behavior. This study suggests organizational politics as a negative organizational factor unknown to online dating. The reason is that organizational politics prevents employees from collaborating, which prevents them from adapting to real organizations and immersing them in cyber activities. Second, this study will investigate how online dating behavior influences the organizational attitudes of the employee. Third, this study will explore the mediating effects of online dating behavior between workplace violence and the organizational attitudes of employees. For alleviating the relationship between organizational politics and employees' online dating activity, this study intends to suggest the quality of the relationship between leaders and men. The reason is that organizational politics hinder the cooperation of employees. Therefore, this study considered that the leadership of the relevant team leader is important to increase cooperation within or between teams.
The highlight of this study is as follows. First, this study is the first research of online dating behavior to focus on workplace context, while the previous studies have focused on individual behaviors. Second, this study tries to investigate the mediating effect of online dating behavior between workplace situations and the organizational attitudes of employees. In contrast, the previous studies have been just interested in the excessive consumption of new media. Finally, this study explores the organizational factor to relieve online dating behavior, while the previous studies focused on individual dispositional factors.