Contextualising over-engagement in work: Towards a more global understanding of workaholism as an addiction
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Contextualising over-engagement in work: Towards a more global understanding of workaholism as an addiction.
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 behaviou...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Behavioral Addictions
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2062-5871,2063-5303
DOI: 10.1556/jba.1.2012.002