All day and all of the night: The relative contribution of two dimensions of workaholism to well-being in self-employed workers

Taris, Toon W.; Geurts, Sabine A. E.; Schaufeli, Wilmar B.; Blonk, Roland W. B.; Lagerveld, Suzanne E.

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“…Therefore, workaholics typically work long hours (on average 50-60 hours per week). When the excessive amount of energy that workaholics spend at work is not counterbalanced with appropriate recovery (Taris, Geurts, Schaufeli, Blonk, & Lagerveld, 2008), employees might eventually exhaust their energy back-up (Schaufeli et al, 2009). Furthermore, workaholics are thinking about work even if not at work.…”

Section: The Relationship Between Workaholism and Occupational Burnoutmentioning

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The role of a perceived ethical leadership style in the relationship between workaholism and occupational burnout

Morkevičiūtė¹,

Endriulaitienė²

2017

IJPBA

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Section: The Relationship Between Workaholism and Occupational Burnoutmentioning

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The role of a perceived ethical leadership style in the relationship between workaholism and occupational burnout

Morkevičiūtė¹,

Endriulaitienė²

2017

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“…Similarly, Ng et al (2007) defined workaholics as "those who enjoy the act of working, who are obsessed with working, and who devote long work hours and personal time to work" (p. 114). Schaufeli et al (Schaufeli, Taris & Bakker, 2006;Taris, Schaufeli & Verhoeven, 2005;Taris et al, 2008) described workaholism as an inner drive to work hard and a combination of working compulsively and working excessively. Popular measures of workaholism are based on these dimensions (e.g., Work Addiction Risk Test, Robinson, 1999;Workaholism Battery, Spence & Robbins, 1992;Dutch Work Addiction Scale, Schaufeli, Shumazu & Taris, 2009), but not on the core components of addiction found in other validated addiction measures.…”

Section: Workaholism: Issues Around Definitions and Current Understanmentioning

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“…Taris et al (2008) examined the relationship between workaholism and psychological well-being and concluded that only inability to detach from work was related to reduced well-being, whereas high effort (i.e., working long hours) was unrelated to well-being. Given the centrality of work for psychological health and well-being (Blustein, 2008), it would be counterintuitive to expect that any type of behavioural engagement can have negative consequences.…”

Section: Workaholism: Issues Around Definitions and Current Understanmentioning

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“…It is now used frequently in everyday language and receives considerable attention by practitioners (Ng, Sorensen & Feldman, 2007). Despite increasing empirical research into the phenomenon, no single definition or conceptualisation of workaholism has emerged (Burke and Matthiesen, 2004;Taris, Geurts, Schaufeli, Blonk & Lagerveld, 2008). Furthermore, it has been noted that there is an imbalance between the prominence of workaholism in practice and the lack of attention to workaholism by scholars (Ng et al, 2007).…”

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Contextualising over-engagement in work: Towards a more global understanding of workaholism as an addiction

Griffiths¹,

Karanika‐Murray²

2012

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

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Purpose: Despite increasing empirical research into workaholism, no single definition or conceptualisation has emerged, and current understandings of workaholism are arguably problematic. The primary purpose of this paper is to clarify some of these issues, by defining and contextualising over-engagement in work that leads to severe negative consequences (i.e., workaholism) as a genuine behavioural addiction. Approach: By conceptualising work behaviours as manifestations of behavioural engagement and placing them on a continuum from withdrawal/under-engagement (e.g., persistent absenteeism) to over-engagement (e.g., work conflicting with all other activity), this paper argues that workaholism is an extreme negative aspect of behavioural engagement. It then examines the extent to which workaholism can be viewed as a genuine addiction by using criteria applied to other more traditional behavioural addictions (e.g., gambling addiction, exercise addiction), before briefly outlining an approach towards a more global understanding of workaholism. Findings: The framework presented here helps to contextualise over-engagement to work as a genuine addiction. It presents more comprehensive understanding of workaholism that takes into account the individual factors of the employee, situational factors of the working environment, and structural factors of the work activity itself. It provides theoretically derived links between workaholism and other work behaviours that can be empirically demonstrated. Practical implications: Viewing workaholism as an addiction that comprises extreme and prolonged behavioural over-engagement can be invaluable for promoting healthy work engagement. A clearer understanding of the underpinnings of workaholism can allow for a better assessment and management by practitioners. Originality/value: This paper is one the first to contextualise workaholism in relation to other work behaviours, conceptualise it as a genuine behavioural addiction, and to apply clinical criteria for addiction to understand workaholism as prolonged and extreme behavioural engagement.

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“…Çeşitli çalışmalarda, işkoliklik, eğitim seviyesi yüksek olanlarda 10 , kendi işini yapanlarda 11 , yöne-tici olanlarda 12 daha yüksek düzeyde bildirilmiştir. İşkolikler, kendileriyle başkalarını yaptıkları iş bakımından kıyaslama, iş hakkında saatlerce konuşma eğilimindedirler.…”

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Investigation of relationship between workaholism and obsession in public and private sector workers

Emhan¹,

Mete²,

Emhan³

2012

Dicle Med J

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Objectives: In this study, the relationship between levels of workaholism and obsession was investigated in a group that was composed of independent accountantfinancial advisers and civil servants. Materials and methods:Two different scales were used in order to determine the workaholism and obsession levels. These two scales and a form to collect demographical variables were administered to 260 workers. Among them the data obtained from 170 workers were evaluated. Parametric tests and correlation analysis were used to analyze the data. The level of statistical significance was accepted as p<0.05. Results:The work enjoyment (WE) scores of independent accountant-financial advisers were higher than those of both civil servants and their employee. WE scores of participants who have graduated from university degree were higher than those of students who were high school graduates. There were positive correlations between WE score of workaholism scale and control and just-right scores. Additionally, work driven score of workaholism scale was found to be positively correlated with cleaning, ruminations, and control and just-right scores. Conclusion:It can be said that there is a positive correlation between workaholism sub components and obsessions.Key words: Workaholism, obsession, independent accountant-financial advisers, civil servant. ÖZETAmaç: Bu çalışmada özel sektörde faaliyet gösteren serbest muhasebeci-mali müşavirler ve kamuda çalışan memurlardan oluşan bir grupta işkoliklik ve obsesyon dü-zeylerinin ilişkisi incelenmiştir. Gereç ve yöntem:İşkoliklik ve obsesyon düzeylerini belirlemek için iki ayrı ölçek kullanılmıştır. Araştırma kapsamında toplam 260 çalışana bu ölçekler ve demografik veri formu uygulanmıştır. Toplam 170 kişinin verileri değerlen-dirmeye tabi tutulmuştur. Verilerin analizinde, parametrik testler ve korelasyon analizi kullanılmıştır. İstatistikî anlamlılık düzeyi p<0.05 olarak kabul edilmiştir.Bulgular: Serbest muhasebeci-mali müşavirlerin işten zevk alma (İZA) puanlarının, devlet dairesinde çalışan memurlar ve kendi yanlarında çalıştırdıkları stajyerlerden daha yüksek olduğu tespit edildi. Üniversite mezunlarının İZA puanlarının lise mezunlarından yüksek olduğu görül-dü. Serbest muhasebeci-mali müşavirlerde İZA puanı ile obsesyon alt ölçeklerinden kontrol ve kesinlik puanı arasında pozitif doğrusal ilişki tespit edildi. Ayrıca, işkoliklik ölçeği işe kendini kaptırma puanı ile temizlik, düşüncelere kapılma, kontrol ve kesinlik arasında da pozitif doğrusal ilişkiler olduğu tespit edildi.Sonuç: İşkoliklik alt ölçekleri ile obsesif düşünce şekli arasında pozitif yönde doğrusal bir ilişki olduğu söylene-bilir.Anahtar kelimeler: İşkoliklik, obsesyon, serbest muhasebeci-mali müşavir, devlet memuru.

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All day and all of the night: The relative contribution of two dimensions of workaholism to well-being in self-employed workers

Cited by 91 publications

References 39 publications

The role of a perceived ethical leadership style in the relationship between workaholism and occupational burnout

The role of a perceived ethical leadership style in the relationship between workaholism and occupational burnout

Contextualising over-engagement in work: Towards a more global understanding of workaholism as an addiction

Investigation of relationship between workaholism and obsession in public and private sector workers

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