To detach or not to detach? The role of psychological detachment on the relationship between heavy work investment and well-being: A latent profile analysis

Abstract This study focuses on two types of heavy work investment, namely workaholism and engagement, psychological detachment from work. Both engagement refer to an intense effort, yet with a different impact personal life. Building Stressor–Detachment Model (SDM), we examine how levels workaholism, influence outcomes related employees’ well-being (i.e., perceived health, negative affectivity, positive affectivity). Data were collected 342 employees via online survey analyzed by mean latent profile analysis. Five employee profiles identified: High-Detachment Engaged, Heavy Work Investors, Mild-Detachment Disengaged, Pure Workaholics. The showed patterns the under investigation. Our findings also indicate that is important factor alleviates detrimental effects investment can play immediate protecting role for even in absence significant detachment.