A Meta-Analysis of Workaholism

Patel, Avani S.; Bowler, Mark C.; Bowler, Jennifer L.; Methe, Scott A.

doi:10.5539/ijbm.v7n11p2

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“…The Workaholism Battery (WorkBAT) was developed by Spence and Robbins in 1992 and has been used in approximately 500 studies, making it the most widely used workaholism measure so far (Patel, Bowler, Bowler & Methe, 2012). The WorkBAT consists of 25 items distributed along three subscales – Work Involvement (eight items; e.g., “I spend my free time on projects and other activities”), Drive (seven items; e.g., “I seem to have an inner compulsion to work hard”), and Work Enjoyment (ten items; e.g., “Sometimes I enjoy work so much I have a hard time stopping”).…”

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Workaholism: An overview and current status of the research

Andreassen¹

2014

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

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Aims: This article addresses the stable tendency of excessive and compulsive working (i.e., workaholism). The main aim is to provide an updated oversight of the research area related to definition, prevalence, assessment, causes, outcomes, intervention as well as proposed future research directions. The target-population is both researchers and clinicians. Methods: The findings are identified by narratively reviewing the literature. Results: Research into workaholism has expanded over the last two decades. Several screening instruments to identify workaholics have been developed. The vast majority of these are based on seemingly atheoretical foundations, lacking convergent validity with each other and with related constructs. Research generally shows that workaholism is related to impaired health and well-being as well as to conflicts between work and family life. Workaholism is probably caused and maintained by a range of factors, although solid empirical underpinnings for suggested antecedents are currently sparse. So far no well-evaluated interventions for workaholism exist. Conclusions: At present, workaholism as a construct lacks conceptual and empirical clarity. Future research efforts should prioritize longitudinal studies as well as studies incorporating unbiased, firm parameters of both health and behavior.

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“…The WART is also a popular measure, having been used in approximately 150 studies so far (Patel et al, 2012). The scale consists of 25 items answered on a 4-point Likert scale ranging from never true (1) to always true (4).…”

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Workaholism: An overview and current status of the research

Andreassen¹

2014

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

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“…Dudek, 2008;Golińska, 2008;Hornowska i Paluchowski, 2007;Malinowska, 2014;Patel, Bowler, Bowler i Methe, 2012;Szpitalak, 2012;Wojdyło, 2010Wojdyło, , 2013 wskazuje, że brakuje spójności między badaniami, a dyskusje co do definicji skutkują stosowaniem odmiennych wskaźników oraz narzędzi diagnozy. Otrzymuje się zatem zróżnicowane dane na temat funkcjonowania psychofizycznego, zawodowego czy społecznego pracoholików (por.…”

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“…Otrzymuje się zatem zróżnicowane dane na temat funkcjonowania psychofizycznego, zawodowego czy społecznego pracoholików (por. Malinowska, Jochymek i Tokarz, 2011;Patel i in., 2012).…”

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Związki między wskaźnikami pracoholizmu i wypalenia zawodowego u specjalistów oraz menedżerów

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Tokarz²

2015

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Celem badania było: (1) potwierdzenie przewidywanych, pozytywnych związków pracoholizmu z wypaleniem; (2) eksploracja powiązań pomiędzy wskaźnikami pracoholizmu, wypalenia zawodowego a stażem pracy; (3) zbudowanie i empiryczna weryfikacja modelu strukturalnego jako próby uporządkowania relacji między mierzonymi zmiennymi. Badania przeprowadzono wśród pracowników umysłowych dużej firmy działającej na rynku polskim. Wyniki częściowo potwierdziły hipotezę: tylko zadowolenie i nierównowaga w działaniu wykazywały istotne związki z obydwoma skalami wypalenia. Najsilniejszym negatywnym predyktorem składowych wypalenia było zadowolenie z pracy. Analizy korelacji i regresji były podstawą modelu wyjaśniającego wyczerpanie i brak zaangażowania, zmiennymi wyjaśniającymi były wskaźniki pracoholizmu i staż pracy.Słowa kluczowe: pracoholizm, wypalenie zawodowe, konflikt praca-życie, wykorzystanie czasu, staż pracy. "Aby się wypalić, trzeba najpierw płonąć", napisała Pines (1993, s. 41

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A Qualitative Study on the Consequences of Intensive Working

Kirrane

Breen

O’Connor

2017

Human Resource Development Quarterly

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The nomological network of intensive working, or ‘workaholism’, is unclear. Taking a theoretically driven social constructivist approach, anchored in the field of human resource development (HRD), this study sought to explore how male intensive workers understand the consequences of their work patterns with respect to the experience of satisfaction and dissatisfaction in the work and nonwork domains. Deploying an interpretivist paradigm, data from 30 interviews were analyzed. These comprised 10 people who construed themselves as intensive workers, a coworker of each intensive worker, and 10 moderate workers. Each interview was analyzed using discourse analysis techniques. Intensive workers readily described the satisfaction they experienced from their work. Coworkers corroborated these accounts. Many experiences of dissatisfaction among intensive workers were readily offset against gains from intrinsic pleasure in the work or else rationalized. Data from coworkers suggested that intensive workers were both inspirational and troubling colleagues who unwittingly impaired their own career progress. Comparative data from moderate workers further illuminated the consequences of intensive work patterns. This study contributes to theories of intensive work by highlighting the variegated nature of the consequences of intensive working. Understanding how these work patterns are justified and maintained is a critical starting point to support HRD professionals in addressing the consequences that ensue. Such insights have implications for the design and development of organizational policies and procedures that have repercussions for workers’ lives.

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A Meta-Analysis of Workaholism

Cited by 35 publications

References 74 publications

Workaholism: An overview and current status of the research

Workaholism: An overview and current status of the research

Związki między wskaźnikami pracoholizmu i wypalenia zawodowego u specjalistów oraz menedżerów

A Qualitative Study on the Consequences of Intensive Working

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