Workaholism and its Correlates: A Study of Academicians

Sharma, Jyoti; Sharma, Parul

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

Jyoti Sharma ¹
Parul Sharma ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Business, School of Business, College of Management, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Jammu and Kashmir, India

² Department of Business, School of Business, College of Management, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Abstract

This study examined the relationship of the personality factors (Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism) with each of the three workaholism components i.e. working compulsively, working excessively and combined workaholics. As the study is of exploratory in nature, a sample of 145 academicians was drawn from the two universities of Jammu region (India), namely, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra (India) and the University of Jammu, Jammu (India). The internal consistencies of each dimension of Dutch Work Addiction Scale (DUWAS) ranged from 0.883 to 0.837 and Cronbach’s α reliability coefficient value of scale- measuring Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism and Openness to experience- ranged from 0.75 to 0.83, which is within the specified limit. Three dependent variables, namely, combined workaholics, working compulsively workaholics and working excessively workaholics were regressed with age, monthly salary, family type, family size, marital status; whereas extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience vary individually. The study has identified neuroticism and conscientiousness as the significant personality traits causing the negative impact on all the three dimensions of workaholics. Whereas, salary is negatively correlated and has a significant impact on the two dimensions of workaholism, namely, combined workaholics and working compulsively workaholics. However, the designation is significant variable and is positively affecting the working compulsively workaholics.

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Workaholism and its Correlates: A Study of Academicians

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Volume 1, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
July 2011
Pages 151-160

Workaholism and its Correlates: A Study of Academicians

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Volume 1, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3July 2011Pages 151-160

Volume 1, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
July 2011
Pages 151-160