Future Research Implications
The study can be replicated by collecting responses from participants of
various countries across the globe. The findings of the study can
provide a global perspective of the phenomenon FOMO and the antecedents
of social media engagement. In order to increase the validity of the
constructs, and infer a strong relationship between the variables, it is
necessary to manipulate the independent variables and the conditions of
the experiment. In addition, including control variables such as age,
race and gender can also provide a different perspective of FOMO and
social media engagement by Millennials. This study developed hypothesis
stating that FOMO influences individuals to engage in social media
activities. Future studies can demonstrate how engagement in social
media activities can influence individuals to experience FOMO. It can be
also beneficial to explain the personality traits (extraversion,
agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness to experience) that can
influence individuals to experience FOMO. In addition, the study can
also introduce variables such as self-esteem and self-evaluation, and
their roles in relationship to FOMO and social media engagement.