Workaholic Tendencies of Primary School Teachers

Abstract

This study aims to determine the rate of workaholism tendency in public primary school teachers. The study has been designed with quantitative research methods and techniques, and the public primary school teachers in central Eskisehir have been targeted as the focus group. The research sample consisted of 320 teachers and was selected using a convenience sampling technique. Data collection was done in two parts, one containing the questions on demographic information and the other having the Duwas Workaholism Scale Turkish Form (DUWASTR), which was tested and adapted as valid and reliable by Doğan and Tel (2011). SPSS statistical package program has been the tool for data analysis to test arithmetic mean, standard deviation, run t-test, and one-way analysis of variance. Findings indicate that teachers have moderate workaholism tendencies regarding overworking and compulsive working. As for overworking and generally speaking, the difference between males and females is significant. Tenure was not an influential factor.