Workaholism : A review
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Workaholism, productivity, Hard Worker, Human resource management?Abstract
The term workaholism was coined in 1971 by minister and psychologist Wayne Oates, who described workaholism as “The compulsion or the uncontrollable need to work incessantly” (Oates, 1971). From that time onwards, research on workaholism has been implemented by disagreements surrounding how to define and measure the concept. However there still lies a little confusion between workaholics and hard workers. The paper focuses on the understanding the fine line between workaholics and Hard workers. The researcher by referring various reviews has tried to explain the personality of both of the above. The paper also talks about the pros and cons associated with workaholism. Intense work of various researchers has been referred while the formation of this paper. Interestingly, while work hours and workaholism often go hand in hand, it has been seen that not all people who work long hours can be called as workaholics, and not all workaholics will work for long hours. However work will be there in the mind of a workaholic wherever he /she is irrespective of with whom he / she is
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