However, what we don't realise is that
workaholism has a long-term negative effect, not only on our well-being, but also, ironically, on our productivity.
Given the personal and organizational impacts, the nature of business executives' work and the need for further research on this group, the first hypothesis of this study is (H1) that both directions of conflict (WIF and FIW) are central to the research model that explain the interaction between work-family conflict, work engagement,
workaholism and turnover intention in executives.
What might look like an admirable work ethic can go by another name:
workaholism. And although the research hasn't been around that long, most experts agree that between 10 and 25 percent of U.S.
To prove his nationalism and
workaholism' further, there was the "carotid operation" incident in 1996 in which he wanted to go back to work immediately, but Ming said no, thus for the first time, the family had Christmas dinner at a hospital.
I found Valente's chapter on "
workaholism and over-achieverism" particularly insightful.
It draws on Choice Theory to elucidate the role of individuals in affecting their own well-being as well as that of others, and addresses how engagement and "
workaholism" have key roles in impacting employee well-being at work; the importance of employees' behavioral conduct in dealing with ethical issues; the issue of cyberbullying and effects on well-being; sexual harassment; different perspectives on positivity at work; and how employee well-being is a matter of choice.
Having finished his last panto, he said: "Shaking off the
workaholism I inherited as surely as the Alzheimer's was a positive thing for me.
Differences between work engagement and
workaholismZonaira Shehper of Lahore School of Economics found that
workaholism was positively associated with work-family inter-role conflict.
Destiny, talent, passion, zeal and a touch of "
workaholism" have placed Adler in key positions to witness events shaping America's 20th- and 21st-century musical history.
Pressures to increase productivity--particularly in a hostile work environment--can affect the prevalence of
workaholism, also referred to as work addiction (Aziz, Adkins, Walker, & Wuensch, 2010).