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| author | Juan Alberto Castillo |
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| contents | Excessive work or addiction to work: workaholism in a Colombian company. Pilot study trough application of DUWAS test Juan Alberto Castillo María Carolina Gómez Salud job stress Workaholism hours of work work centrality This paper examines the workaholism phenomenon in different work situations in Colombian company. Workaholism was defined as the individual’s steady and considerable allocation of time to work, which is not derived from external necessities (1). The research studies about workaholics and workaholism have been increasing a lot in the last years (2). Workaholism is an addiction that actually is affecting a lot of people around the world and has serious consequences in personal life, in the community and also in economy. Some of these researches are directed to explore ways to diagnose when a person is workaholic and when this situation may affect the performance of the individual in work, daily life activities and especially in psychosocial area. Objective: this pilot study contributes to identify if Colombian workers present the main characteristics of workaholism and if the job they perform is related to the presence of the characteristics of this addiction. Materials and method: for this pilot study used the Dutch Work Addiction Scale (DUWAS), this test suggests when a person has work addiction, trough the evaluation of two main components working excessively and working compulsively. Results: the study find differences for the two groups: the 67% of the AE group are over the average while only the 33% of the members of the O group are over it. Conclusions: these percentages show that the combinations of the components of workaholism are more evident in the population belonging to the administrative/executive jobs group, giving evidence that workaholism is presented in greater proportion in the population performance management positions. 2012 artículo científico 1692-7273 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56224932002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=562 Revista Ciencias de la Salud application/pdf Universidad del Rosario Revista Ciencias de la Salud (Colombia) Num.3 Vol.10 |
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| spellingShingle | Excessive work or addiction to work: workaholism in a Colombian company. Pilot study trough application of DUWAS test Juan Alberto Castillo Salud job stress Workaholism hours of work work centrality Excessive work or addiction to work: workaholism in a Colombian company. Pilot study trough application of DUWAS test Juan Alberto Castillo María Carolina Gómez Salud job stress Workaholism hours of work work centrality This paper examines the workaholism phenomenon in different work situations in Colombian company. Workaholism was defined as the individual’s steady and considerable allocation of time to work, which is not derived from external necessities (1). The research studies about workaholics and workaholism have been increasing a lot in the last years (2). Workaholism is an addiction that actually is affecting a lot of people around the world and has serious consequences in personal life, in the community and also in economy. Some of these researches are directed to explore ways to diagnose when a person is workaholic and when this situation may affect the performance of the individual in work, daily life activities and especially in psychosocial area. Objective: this pilot study contributes to identify if Colombian workers present the main characteristics of workaholism and if the job they perform is related to the presence of the characteristics of this addiction. Materials and method: for this pilot study used the Dutch Work Addiction Scale (DUWAS), this test suggests when a person has work addiction, trough the evaluation of two main components working excessively and working compulsively. Results: the study find differences for the two groups: the 67% of the AE group are over the average while only the 33% of the members of the O group are over it. Conclusions: these percentages show that the combinations of the components of workaholism are more evident in the population belonging to the administrative/executive jobs group, giving evidence that workaholism is presented in greater proportion in the population performance management positions. 2012 artículo científico 1692-7273 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56224932002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=562 Revista Ciencias de la Salud application/pdf Universidad del Rosario Revista Ciencias de la Salud (Colombia) Num.3 Vol.10 |
| title | Excessive work or addiction to work: workaholism in a Colombian company. Pilot study trough application of DUWAS test |
| topic | Salud job stress Workaholism hours of work work centrality |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56224932002 |