Understanding workaholics' motivations: a self-determination perspective
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- Anja Van den Broeck, Bert Schreurs, Hans De Witte, Maarten Vansteenkiste (UGent) , Filip Germeys and Wilmar Schaufeli
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- Abstract
- In order to explain the diverging well-being outcomes of workaholism, this study aimed to examine the motivational orientations that may fuel the two main components of workaholism (i.e. working excessively and working compulsively). Drawing on Self-Determination Theory, both autonomous and controlled motivation were suggested to drive excessive work, which therefore was expected to relate positively to both well-being (i.e. vigor) and ill-health (i.e. exhaustion). Compulsive work, in contrast, was hypothesized to originate exclusively out of controlled motivation and therefore to only associate positively with ill-being. Structural equation modeling in a heterogeneous sample of Belgian white-collar workers (N=370) confirmed that autonomous motivation associated positively with excessive work, which then related positively to vigor. Controlled motivation correlated positively with compulsive work, which therefore related positively with exhaustion. The hypothesized path from controlled motivation to exhaustion through excessive work was not corroborated. In general, the findings suggest that primarily compulsive work yields associations with ill-being, since it may stem from a qualitatively inferior type of motivation.
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- JOB, MODEL, NEED SATISFACTION, OCCUPATIONAL-HEALTH, WORK ENGAGEMENT, BURNOUT, PERFORMANCE, PERSISTENCE, CONSEQUENCES, ANTECEDENTS
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-1254258
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- Van den Broeck, Anja, et al. “Understanding Workaholics’ Motivations: A Self-Determination Perspective.” APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW-PSYCHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE, vol. 60, no. 4, 2011, pp. 600–21, doi:10.1111/j.1464-0597.2011.00449.x.
- APA
- Van den Broeck, A., Schreurs, B., De Witte, H., Vansteenkiste, M., Germeys, F., & Schaufeli, W. (2011). Understanding workaholics’ motivations: a self-determination perspective. APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW-PSYCHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE, 60(4), 600–621. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-0597.2011.00449.x
- Chicago author-date
- Van den Broeck, Anja, Bert Schreurs, Hans De Witte, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Filip Germeys, and Wilmar Schaufeli. 2011. “Understanding Workaholics’ Motivations: A Self-Determination Perspective.” APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW-PSYCHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE 60 (4): 600–621. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-0597.2011.00449.x.
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- Van den Broeck, Anja, Bert Schreurs, Hans De Witte, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Filip Germeys, and Wilmar Schaufeli. 2011. “Understanding Workaholics’ Motivations: A Self-Determination Perspective.” APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW-PSYCHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE 60 (4): 600–621. doi:10.1111/j.1464-0597.2011.00449.x.
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- 1.Van den Broeck A, Schreurs B, De Witte H, Vansteenkiste M, Germeys F, Schaufeli W. Understanding workaholics’ motivations: a self-determination perspective. APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW-PSYCHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE. 2011;60(4):600–21.
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- [1]A. Van den Broeck, B. Schreurs, H. De Witte, M. Vansteenkiste, F. Germeys, and W. Schaufeli, “Understanding workaholics’ motivations: a self-determination perspective,” APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW-PSYCHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 600–621, 2011.
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abstract = {{In order to explain the diverging well-being outcomes of workaholism, this study aimed to examine the motivational orientations that may fuel the two main components of workaholism (i.e. working excessively and working compulsively). Drawing on Self-Determination Theory, both autonomous and controlled motivation were suggested to drive excessive work, which therefore was expected to relate positively to both well-being (i.e. vigor) and ill-health (i.e. exhaustion). Compulsive work, in contrast, was hypothesized to originate exclusively out of controlled motivation and therefore to only associate positively with ill-being. Structural equation modeling in a heterogeneous sample of Belgian white-collar workers (N=370) confirmed that autonomous motivation associated positively with excessive work, which then related positively to vigor. Controlled motivation correlated positively with compulsive work, which therefore related positively with exhaustion. The hypothesized path from controlled motivation to exhaustion through excessive work was not corroborated. In general, the findings suggest that primarily compulsive work yields associations with ill-being, since it may stem from a qualitatively inferior type of motivation.}},
author = {{Van den Broeck, Anja and Schreurs, Bert and De Witte, Hans and Vansteenkiste, Maarten and Germeys, Filip and Schaufeli, Wilmar}},
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keywords = {{JOB,MODEL,NEED SATISFACTION,OCCUPATIONAL-HEALTH,WORK ENGAGEMENT,BURNOUT,PERFORMANCE,PERSISTENCE,CONSEQUENCES,ANTECEDENTS}},
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title = {{Understanding workaholics' motivations: a self-determination perspective}},
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volume = {{60}},
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}
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