Engaged or Obsessed? Examining the Relationship between Work Engagement, Workaholism and Work-Related Health via Work- Home Interaction

The purpose of the present study is to examine mediating role work-home interaction (conflict and facilitation) in relationship between work engagement, workaholism (working compulsively excessively), respondents perception on how this influence their work-related health positively or negatively. Data were collected among Norwegian academics using KIWEST measure analyzed by Structural Equation Modelling Stata (N = 6014). Work but not workaholism, directly related health. Instead, conflict indirectly mediated working In addition, fully engagement findings suggest that represents two different sets heavy investment at work, negatively health, respectively. indicates partly can be explained passion interfere with home life. These have implications for organization practitioners HR representatives should target an eager workforce properly future. timely, given a boundary less Knowledge processes associated hard employees important organizations better understand when such prolific behavior beneficial risky hence supported not.