Research companion to working time and work addiction
This Research Companion examines the effects of work hours on individual and family well-being and questions why people work hard and whether some can work too hard. It integrates contributions from two areas of research-- work hours and work addiction-- that have historically been pursued separatel...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham
Edward Elgar
c2006
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| Series: | New horizons in management
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This Research Companion examines the effects of work hours on individual and family well-being and questions why people work hard and whether some can work too hard. It integrates contributions from two areas of research-- work hours and work addiction-- that have historically been pursued separately Work hours and work addiction / Ronald J. Burke -- How long? : the historical, economic and cultural factors behind working hours and overwork / Lonnie Golden -- The workaholic breakdown syndrome / Barbara Killinger -- Exploring new frontiers to generate an integrated definition of workaholism / Lynley H.W. McMillan and Michael P. O'Driscoll -- Understanding workaholism : the case for behavioral tendencies / Peter E. Mudrack -- Making sense of temporal organization boundary control / Graeme MacDermid -- Economic and employment conditions, karoshi (work to death) and the trend of studies on workaholism in Japan / Atsuko Kanai -- Workaholic types : it's not how hard you work but why and how you work hard / Ronald J. Burke -- Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? : on the differences between work engagement and workaholism / Wilmar B. Schaufeli, Toon W. Taris and Arnold B. Bakker -- 'Decent working time' : balancing the needs of workers and employers / Jon C. Messenger -- The unlikely referral of workaholics to an employee assistance program / Gayle Porter and Robert A. Herring III -- Career success and personal failure : a developing need to find balance / Ronald J. Burke and Teal McAteer-Early -- Exploring career and personal outcomes and the meaning of career success among part-time professionals in organizations / Mary Dean Lee, Pamela Lirio, Fahri Karakas, Shelley M. MacDermid, Michelle L. Buck and Ellen Ernst Kossek -- Improving work-life balance : REBT for workaholic treatment / Charles P. Chen -- Spiritual leadership theory as a source for future theory, research, and recovery for workaholism / Louis W. Fry, Laura L. Matherly and Steve Vitucci |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 366 p ill |
| ISBN: | 9781845424084 1845424085 9781847202833 |