Modeling the influence of workaholism on career success: a PLS–SEM approach

Abstract

Organizations characterized by a climate and culture of competition and overwork facilitate the emergence of the workaholism phenomenon, as they provide favorable conditions for employees to spend more time in the workplace. Many of these employees are successful in their careers both in financial terms and in job satisfaction. This article aims to study the influence of workaholism on the perception of career success. The sample consists of 234 Portuguese individuals who were working in a professional context. The results reveal that pleasure at work influences career success perception in both objective and subjective dimensions and that work involvement influences only the subjective dimension of the career success perception. The findings of this study will contribute to the increase of knowledge in the workaholism and career success areas in light of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic so that companies are able to adopt strategies in order to optimize their resources and increase their productivity.

Understanding Work Addiction in Adult Children: The Effect of Addicted Parents and Work Motivation

“…This is because the current study was carried out under difficult conditions (i.e., during the COVID-19 pandemic). As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations and employees had to quickly adapt to working from home [ 1 ]. Such working arrangements have been noted to be related to blurring of the boundaries between work and family life and longer working hours, which may have caused an increase in the work addiction situation [ 56 ].…”

“…Work is an unquestionable value that brings comprehensive benefits to an individual. Work plays a key role in people’s lives providing positive aspects such as salary and financial comfort, access to the community, and new relationships [ 1 ]. Addressing things from a psychological perspective, such positive effects of work as the ability to meet important needs [ 2 ], a sense of identity and the notion of the purpose in life are worth mentioning [ 1 ].…”

“…Work plays a key role in people’s lives providing positive aspects such as salary and financial comfort, access to the community, and new relationships [ 1 ]. Addressing things from a psychological perspective, such positive effects of work as the ability to meet important needs [ 2 ], a sense of identity and the notion of the purpose in life are worth mentioning [ 1 ]. However, due to a rising number of people over-engaged in work [ 3 , 4 , 5 ], understanding negative types of work-related behaviors has attracted a great deal of attention.…”

“…It is, therefore, not surprising that researchers think of work addiction as a negative entity. In addition to relatively mild consequences of work addiction as a lack of time for free activities [ 1 ], it has consistently been linked to such severe adverse outcomes as burnout, constant stress, work-family conflict, and lower job and life satisfaction [ 8 ]. Other negative effects of work addiction include sleep problems [ 9 ], elevated blood pressure [ 10 ], anxiety [ 11 ], depressed mood and even physical pain [ 12 ], which indicates a notable problem in living resulting from work addiction.…”

Sosyal Sorumluluk ve Prososyal Motivasyon İle İşe Bağlılık ve İşkoliklik Arasındaki İlişkide Bir Aracılık Modeli

“…Gordon ve Shi (2021), işkoliklik ile öznel kariyer başarısı boyutları (kariyer tatmini ve iş tatmini) arasında pozitif bir ilişkinin olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. İşkoliklik, işe bağlılık, işten zevk alma, kariyer tatmini ve iş tatmini, öznel kariyer başarısı algısını olumlu yönde etkilemektedir (Gomes, Diogo, Santos ve Ratten, 2022). Öte yandan Ulukök ve Akın (2016), akademisyenler üzerinde gerçekleştirdiği çalışmada, işkoliklik ve işkolikliğin aşırı ve kompulsif çalışma boyutları ile kariyer tatmini arasında anlamlı bir ilişki bulamamıştır.…”