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.