Journal of Organizational Change Management: Volume 17 Issue 5

Work, work ethic, work excess

Gayle Porter

Organizational change initiatives are successful only through the efforts of the people, so it is important to look beyond surface reactions and understand the deeper implications…

Enriching the Spence and Robbins' typology of workaholism: Demographic, motivational and organizational correlates

Marc Buelens, Steven A.Y. Poelmans

This study contributes to the literature on workaholism by testing the Spence and Robbins workaholic triad; 5,853 full time workers participated in a national survey on working…

Workaholism among Norwegian managers: Work and well‐being outcomes

Ronald J. Burke, Astrid M. Richardsen, Monica Mortinussen

This study examines the relationship of three workaholism components proposed by Spence and Robbins and several work and psychological well‐being outcomes using hierarchical…

Employees' motivational orientation and well‐being at work: A person‐oriented approach

Katariina Salmela‐Aro, Jari‐Erik Nurmi

This study utilises a person‐oriented view to examine what kind of motivational orientations employees have, and how they contribute to their well‐being. Two separate studies were…

Job involvement, obsessive‐compulsive personality traits, and workaholic behavioral tendencies

Peter E. Mudrack

Naughton proposed that workaholism may result from a combination of high job involvement with an obsessive‐compulsive personality. This study was designed specifically to…

Workaholism and health: Implications for organizations

Lynley H.W. McMillan, Michael P. O'Driscoll

It is generally believed that workaholics tend to deny the existence of fatigue and push themselves beyond reason before physical complaints stop them working and lead them to…

Attitudinal and demographic antecedents of workaholism

Raphael Snir, Itzhak Harpaz

Following Snir and Zohar workaholism was defined as the individual's steady and considerable allocation of time to work‐related activities and thoughts, which does not derive from…

Effects of economic environmental changes on job demands and workaholism in Japan

Atsuko Kanai, Mitsuru Wakabayashi

This paper examines how changes in macroeconomy environment and employment situation affected the workaholism trend among Japanese workers. Results of the analysis indicated that…