Approaches and Perspectives on the Heavy Work Investments
In their pursuit of market shares and turnover increase, contemporary society organizations have put higher pressure on employees, determining them to take on countless responsibilities, to increase their efforts to achieve corporate goals, to be more engaged in their work and to work harder. Pro...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Academy of Economic Studies of Bucharest
2020-11-01
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| Series: | Amfiteatru Economic |
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| Online Access: | https://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_2946.pdf |
| Summary: | In their pursuit of market shares and turnover increase, contemporary society organizations
have put higher pressure on employees, determining them to take on countless
responsibilities, to increase their efforts to achieve corporate goals, to be more engaged in
their work and to work harder. Probably driven by their desire to earn more or to promote
quickly in their careers, without even noticing it, employees are often willing to work
overtime, not taking into account the negative outcomes of such an approach: increased
dissatisfaction with their work and increased addiction to their work. This negative work
phenomenon is called workaholism. Workaholism (bad or negative component), along with
work engagement (good or positive component) represent the two forms of heavy work
investment. This relatively recent concept has been more intensely approached in the
international literature, which tries to capture this complex phenomenon in various
industries sectors on saturated and emerging markets, as well as in relation to different
work-specific facets: employee motivation; employee satisfaction; employee performance;
intention to quit the job; type of held position; organization size; organizational culture;
intensity of employee’s additional effort, etc. |
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| ISSN: | 1582-9146 2247-9104 |