In a research to find the effect of workaholism and how it affect the psychological and physiological life of an employee, and to see how work-addicted people are born, and finally how working in stressful environment can have on employee performance overtime.
Please note that this question is related to my future study.
I always belive that doing things before time is a good time management skill.
Thank you in advance to all those who will answer my question.
Workaholism has been defined in various ways. For example, general references to a compulsion to work hard for long hours are common but do not explain much. However, working excessive hours beyond workplace or financial requirements, thinking continually about work, and evidencing lack of work enjoyment ought to predict poor health (or well-being) and poor job performance. In contrast, work engagement defined as a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind that is characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption ought to be related to a decrease in ill-health and to increases in both life satisfaction and job performance.
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Dear dr @olivier serrat
Do you beleive that sometimes people like to work extra hours while they are happy, regardless if there is actually not much of work to be done, its just the sensation of being surrounded by people?
Another thing is it that works create such workaholics (thing that grows with time) or the position the employee is in that forces a person to always thing about work.
Finally I'd like to thank you for such great definitions.
I've never thought about it in such manner(regarding the definition of woraholism)
Defining workaholism is of the essence. The term "workaholic" was introduced in the 1970s to (rather vaguely) describe "the compulsion or the uncontrollable need to work incessantly” (Oates, 1971). Since then, research on workaholism has been plagued by disagreements on how else to define and measure the construct.
Reference
Oates, W.E. (1971). Confessions of a workaholic: The facts about work addiction. New York: World.
Workaholism and pressured environment could led to physical and mental fatigue, which will lead to the decrease of working performance, increasing tension among team members, and increasing the employee turnover rate. Specifically for those who suffer pressured environment it will cause them loosing passion in doing their job. In my opinion it is important to create a conducive working environment in order to maintain the physical as well as the mental health of the employee. It will increase their productivity, lowering the employee turnover, and give them a chance to balance their time between work and personal life.
Workaholism and pressured working environment may cause holistic exhaustion to the individual and to the whole team. Due to this exhaustion, bringing out the best of every member in the team is not possible and of course not commendable to the company/organization. This burden brought by exhaustion may only worsen the working condition and interest since this involves a lot of stress and aggravation. In which case, lesser productivity , poor performance and even turn overs among members of the team are expected. This may also cause irritation among them which destroys a very important factor in an organization, that is human relations. Amidst of all this, there are always situations when we can not avoid moments of too much works which demands pressures in an organization, it is important that administrators should look into ways of addressing these problems so to avoid a greater consequences on the matter. It is then a challenge on the leadership skills of the administrators on how they could excellently manage such situations without sacrificing the quality of work rendered. Holistic rejuvenation is highly recommended.
@Ajeng Mira Herdina thanks for sharing such info
I also believe that work no matter how difficult or indifferent from other should always provide that one special place where employee can relax, take time to leisure
But I have a question when leisure and relax time cost much could it be conpensated by productive output?
A more specific formulation of the purpose of the study may be required.
Because workaholics and non-workaholics are two different categories of employees. A workaholic is an addiction to work. Workaholism is a problem. To work with which it is important to understand the process of forming an individual psychological predisposition to it and the influence of typical external factors that stimulate its development, for example, the presence of problems in the family and, as a result, unwillingness to go home after work.
The nature of the impact on the employee of the stressful environment will depend on his resistance to stress and adaptability, as well as the characteristics of the stress environment.
The impact of overtime work on workaholics and non-workaholics are two different issues.
Interesting question I suggest reviewing the bibliography on this site
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc
