Business management students among technology and academic burnout: an approach to business management in Mexico

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to know the joint influence that internet addiction and burnout exert on the academic performance of business management students in Mexico.

Design/methodology/approach

The study was quantitative, exploratory, observational, and cross-sectional, where 428 business management students from public and private universities in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico.

Findings

According to the results obtained, it is shown that internet addiction is a factor that positively influences the academic performance and academic burnout of business management students. On the other hand, academic burnout is a factor that negatively influences academic performance. Likewise, burnout represents a mediating variable between internet addiction and academic performance.

Research limitations/implications

This research analyzed the academic performance explained through burnout and internet addiction of business administration students in Mexico, considered as some of the main factors that indicate the development of the skills in new business owners, entrepreneurs, as well as business managers at different levels and sectors.

Practical implications

The academic performance of business management students is one of the main factors that will allow them to develop skills and abilities to create new economic entities through their entrepreneurship.

Originality/value

These problems are relevant and of great value because, in the literature, there is no sufficient investigation to analyze the academic loss and internet addiction from a new perspective that affects the academic performance of business management students.

Workplace bullying and well-being in crisis-affected healthcare organizations: status vulnerability evidence from Lebanon

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Purpose

This study aims to examine workplace bullying and psychosocial well-being among healthcare professionals working in crisis-affected organizations. It contributes to behavioral health scholarship by theorizing bullying as a chronic organizational stressor that is amplified under conditions of institutional fragility and unequal protection.

Design/methodology/approach

Drawing on survey data from 411 healthcare professionals in Lebanon, a country marked by political instability, economic collapse and overlapping crises, the study analyzes workplace bullying exposure across gender and status-based demographic categories using the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised.

Findings

The results show no significant gender effects, but higher bullying exposure among younger employees, widowed participants, residents and those with university degrees. Gossip and rumors and excessive workload were the most prevalent bullying behaviors, while physical intimidation was rare.

Practical implications

The findings highlight the need for targeted organizational interventions to identify and protect vulnerable occupational groups such as residents within crisis-affected healthcare systems. Strengthening anti-bullying policies, supervisory accountability and confidential reporting mechanisms can help mitigate psychosocial harm and support employee well-being under conditions of institutional strain.

Originality/value

This study advances workplace bullying scholarship by extending bullying frameworks into fragile and crisis-affected contexts and by introducing an intersectional status vulnerability model that foregrounds social stigma (e.g. widowhood) and professional dependency (e.g. residents’ reliance on supervisors). It further shows that symbolic and structural forms of domination (e.g. overload, monitoring and reputational harm) predominate over physical intimidation in crisis-affected healthcare settings.

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Business management students among technology and academic burnout: an approach to business management in Mexico

Workplace bullying and well-being in crisis-affected healthcare organizations: status vulnerability evidence from Lebanon