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Classifications of People Addicted to Work, Treatment and Measurement of Workaholism – A Case Study

European Journal of Economics and Business Studies

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Title Classifications of People Addicted to Work, Treatment and Measurement of Workaholism – A Case Study
 
Creator Dobrowolska, Małgorzata
Izydorczyk, Bernadetta
 
Description The paper presents the typologies of persons addicted to work, with the description of three case studies. At the end, information has been provided concerning treatment and measurement of workaholism. The classifications described in the paper are presented after Szpitalak, (2012, pp. 61-67). In accordance with the definitions concerning the functioning of workaholics, provided in literature sources, it is worth pointing out that such a person experiences specific emotions, thoughts and behaviour, typical for addiction. A common feature of psychological pattern of workaholic functioning is the compulsion, experienced and expressed in actions, as well as the excessive, and not controlled by the person’s will, involvement of a person in work, beyond reasonable time limits, and the compulsion to subjugate and execute all actions in the person’s life to professional activity only. A workaholic may reveal various profiles of psychological traits that determine her/his actions in a work situation and continuous thinking about work. Work situation becomes paramount in determining and motivating the direction of all life’s actions. In literature, it is possible to delineate several typologies of psychological traits for people labelled as workaholics.
 
Publisher EUSER
 
Date 2017-05-19
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Identifier http://journals.euser.org/index.php/ejes/article/view/2449
10.26417/ejes.v8i1.p29-37
 
Source European Journal of Economics and Business Studies; Vol 3 No 2 (2017): EJES May-August 2017; 29-37
2411-9571
2411-4073
10.26417/ejes.v8i1
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.euser.org/index.php/ejes/article/view/2449/2409