A Review of Workaholism and Prospects

Hu, Lin

doi:10.4236/jss.2018.611024

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“…We thus recommend researchers to explore the validity and usefulness of the BWAS in non-European samples (e.g., Egypt, Japan and South Korea). Lastly, the results showed a significant difference between DUWAS and BWAS in terms of prevalence estimates even though some scholars categorize them as similar in terms of measuring work addiction (Hu, 2018). Since the present findings suggest that their threshold for categorization of workaholism is different we believe it would be worthwhile to conduct more stringent empirical comparison of the two instruments.…”

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“…Workaholism can have negative psychological, physical and social effects on afflicted individuals and those close to them and has also been linked to detrimental organizational outcomes. Most studies on workaholism focus on mechanisms and outcome variables (Hu, 2018), hence data on the number of people affected by workaholism is scarce which this topic share with other work-and organizational problems (Luckhaupt and Calvert, 2010).…”

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The prevalence of workaholism: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Andersen,

Djugum,

Sjåstad

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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The present study represents the first meta-analysis and systematic review on the prevalence of workaholism. It also investigated if sample size, representativeness, and instrument moderated the prevalence estimates. The analysis was pre-registered at PROSPERO (CRD42023395794). We searched Web of Science, PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, PsychInfo. BASE, MedNar, NYAM, OPENGREY, OpenMD and included the first 200 searches on Google scholar as gray literature [search string: “(workaholi* OR “work addict*”) AND (prevalence* OR incident* OR frequen* OR cut-off OR epidem*)]. The search yielded 42 studies to be included, in addition to 11 studies identified using other methods. Two independent raters went through the searches, extracted information and evaluated risk of bias, resulting in agreement ratings of 92.4%, 84.9%, and 87.0%, respectively. The inclusion criteria were studies reporting original data on the prevalence of workaholism written in any European language. Criteria which led to exclusion were conference abstracts, usage of secondary data, purposive sampling of workaholics, qualitative research and pre-determined cut-off based on distribution. Risk of bias of the included articles was evaluated through a checklist. Most of the included studies had a moderate risk of bias. Of the 663 records identified, a total of 53 studies were included, 10 of these being nationally representative with all studies in total amounting to 71,625 participants from 23 countries. The pooled workaholism prevalence was 15.2% (95% CI = 12.4–18.5), which was adjusted to 14.1% (95% CI = 11.2–17.6) following a trim-and-fill adjustment for publication bias. The meta-regression revealed that studies with representative samples reported lower prevalences than those based on non-representative samples, and that studies based on the Dutch Work Addiction Scale yielded higher prevalences than studies employing the Bergen Work Addiction Scale. The regression model explained 29% of the variance implying that a vast amount was still unexplained, and that future research would benefit from the inclusion of other moderators.

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The prevalence of workaholism: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Andersen,

Djugum,

Sjåstad

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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“…Not only is it related to burnout, but also has a strong negative relationship with quality of life ( 39 ). Similarly, an increase in excessive working (a dimension of workaholism) is associated with an increase in sick leave as well as burnout ( 55 ). However, it may produce positive effects too.…”

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When workaholism is negatively associated with burnout: A moderated mediation

Makhdoom

Malik²,

Atta³

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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AimPrevious theory and research postulate that workaholism is one of the important factors that contribute to burnout. The present study aimed to analyze the role of psychological capital as a mediator between the two. Moreover, the study examined the moderating role in the stated mediated relationship.MethodsThe researchers approached a sample of university teachers (N = 1,008) including both male (n = 531) and female (n = 477) university teachers by using a multi-stage random sampling technique. For this purpose, DUWAS-10 Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, Challenging Job Demands Scale, and Anila PsyCap Scale were applied to measure workaholism, burnout, challenging job demands, and PsyCap, respectively. The data obtained from the sample was subjected to analysis by using Model 14 of Process Macro by Hayes.ResultsThe results confirmed the mediating role of PsyCap and moderating role of time pressure and cognitive demands in the relationship of the two variables. The results concluded that workaholism is not directly related to burnout rather the negative relationship existed through psychological capital, and the mediated relationship was stronger for the university employees who were to face a higher level of challenging job demands including cognitive demands and time pressure.ConclusionBurnout is an occupational health problem that causes devastating effects on both the employees as well as to the organizational economy. Improving personal resources might help the negative relationship between workaholism and burnout in higher education institutions in the country.

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“…These factors lead to a distortion in the individual- organization relationship and impair people’s quality of life, resulting in serious health consequences. 3 …”

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