Workplace fun is not enough: the role of work engagement and trust

The Effect of Workplace Fun on Work Engagement and Affective Organizational Commitment in E-commerce

“…This means that the greater the workplace fun in a work environment, the smaller the affective organizational commitment that is built on employees. According to Georganta & Montgomery (2022), a high level of workplace fun in an organization does not necessarily have a significant impact on the organization, even the existence of workplace fun can increase the desire to resign and reduce affective organizational commitment. This could be because organizations that over-promote workplace fun can lead to distrust and cynicism (Fleming, 2005;Fleming & Sturdy, 2011;Georganta & Montgomery, 2022;Plaster et al, 2015).…”

“…According to Georganta & Montgomery (2022), a high level of workplace fun in an organization does not necessarily have a significant impact on the organization, even the existence of workplace fun can increase the desire to resign and reduce affective organizational commitment. This could be because organizations that over-promote workplace fun can lead to distrust and cynicism (Fleming, 2005;Fleming & Sturdy, 2011;Georganta & Montgomery, 2022;Plaster et al, 2015). Workplace fun promotion can be realized by the organization in the form of fun activities.…”

“…But having fun in the work environment can also trigger feelings of jealousy that can lead to mocking attitudes among employees. Therefore, having workplace fun can be fun or trigger bullying (Georganta & Montgomery, 2022). Coworker socializing as a dimension of workplace fun can be interpreted with various socializing activities such as talking and exchanging jokes.…”

“…WFCS1 is an indicator of coworker socializing that has the highest SLF value which indicates that employees in e-commerce companies have a high intensity of exchanging stories with their colleagues. Conversations between employees can occur in a variety of contexts including gossiping (Georganta & Montgomery, 2022). Meanwhile, the intensity of employees in e-commerce companies in exchanging laughs and jokes is also high.…”

“…In the process of exchanging jokes, ridicule is often thrown which was originally intended as a joke. However, often this ridicule can be something that hurts one party (Georganta & Montgomery, 2022). So it can be said that the higher the level of coworker socializing, the higher the tendency for gossip or ridicule to occur between employees (Georganta & Montgomery, 2022).…”