Workaholic Tendencies and the High Potential for Stress Among Co-Workers

By Gayle Porter. 2001

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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Are workaholics born or made? Relations of workaholism with person characteristics and overwork climate. (2014, background): “Actually, these employees may compromise organizational goals in subtle ways in order to maintain or increase their need for more work (Porter, 2001).”
All day and all of the night: The relative contribution of two dimensions of workaholism to well-being in self-employed workers (2008, background): “…(Korn, Pratt, & Lambrou, 1987; Peiperl & Jones, 2001), whereas others regard them as obsessive and unhappy individuals who are not performing well in their jobs and have difficulties with their colleagues (Flowers & Robinson, 2002; Oates, 1971; Porter, 2001; Schaufeli, Taris, & Bakker, 2006).”
The push and pull of work: The differences between workaholism and work engagement (2010, background): “This may also lead to a low quality of social relationships at work (Porter, 2001).”
Spiritual Leadership as a Paradigm for Organizational Transformation and Recovery from Extended Work Hours Cultures (2009, background): “Ethics of extended work hours cultures Excessive work can be viewed as an addictive behavior that has a negative impact on the setting in which it occurs, as well as on the individual who may be a workaholic (Porter, 2001).”
Workaholism, Burnout, and Work Engagement: Three of a Kind or Three Different Kinds of Employee Well‐being? (2008, background): “The latter agrees with the contention that workaholism may act as a root cause of burnout (Maslach, 1986; Porter, 2001) in the sense that workaholics are “burning up” their mental energy resources.”
Workaholism: Its Definition and Nature (2003, background): “The present study is one of the relatively few empirical studies concerning workaholism (e.g. Porter, 2001; Snir & Zohar, 2000; Spence & Robbins, 1992).”
Relating work engagement and workaholism to entrepreneurial performance (2014, background): “Others have claimed the opposite (e.g. Flowers and Robinson, 2002; Oates, 1971; Porter, 2001; Schaufeli, Taris and Bakker, 2006a), and suggested that workaholics may work hard, but not particularly smart.”
Attitudinal and demographic antecedents of workaholism (2004, unknown): “(e.g., Burke, 1999a; Porter, 2001; Harpaz & Snir, forthcoming; Snir & Zohar, 2000; Spence & 19”
PERSONALITY CORRELATES OF WORKAHOLISM (2006, unknown): “Others view workaholism negatively (Killinger, 1991; Oates, 1971; Porter, 2001; Schaef & Fassel, 1988).”
Work engagement and workaholism: comparing the self-employed and salaried employees (2010, unknown): “Others, however, have claimed the opposite (Flowers & Robinson, 2002; Oates, 1971; Porter, 2001).”
Workaholism and daily recovery : a day reconstruction study of leisure activities (2013, background): “Because workaholics are willing to sacrifice personal relationships to derive satisfaction from work (Porter, 2001), it is not surprising that research shows a negative relationship between workaholism and relationship quality (Bakker et al.”
Driven to Work and Enjoyment of Work (2012, methodology): “…work is particularly challenging in today’s organizational environment; restructuring, globalization, a focus on short-term results, and advances in technology have increased demands on managers and contributed to long work hours for many (Ohlott, Bhandary, & Tavares, 2003; Porter, 2001).”
HRM perspectives on addiction to technology and work (2006, background): “In fact, a workaholic pattern is very damaging to personal interactions and results in additional workplace stress ( Porter, 2001b”
Work, work ethic, work excess (2004, background): “These people, who choose to neglect other life interests in favor of work, are labeled as workaholics ( Porter, 1996, 2001a, b”
Enough is enough : Cognitive antecedents of workaholism and its aftermath (2014, background): “However, some have argued that enjoyment by nature, whether high or low, whether focused on work or on the act of working, cannot be a central component of workaholism, because by discriminating both “good” and “bad” forms of workaholism, the meaning of the term is blurred (Mudrack, 2006; Porter, 20”
Being Driven to Work Excessively Hard (2009, background): “…on January 10, 2010 http://ccr.sagepub.comDownloaded from instance, it has been suggested that workaholism might act as the root cause of burnout as excessively and frantically working employees use up their mental resources, leaving them depleted and “burned out” (Maslach, 1986; Porter, 2001).”