Beyond the myths about work addiction: toward a consensus on definition and trajectories for future studies on problematic overworking

Atroszko, PA, Demetrovics, Z and Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, 2019. Beyond the myths about work addiction: toward a consensus on definition and trajectories for future studies on problematic overworking. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 8 (1), pp. 7-15. ISSN 2062-5871

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Abstract

In an unprecedented collaborative effort to integrate the existing knowledge on work addiction and delineate trajectories for future studies, several papers from work addiction researchers (including some of the most prolific experts in the field) have contributed to the debate on the misconceptions/myths about this problematic behavior. On the basis of the overview of the presented arguments, the most commonly proposed recommendations were that there should be: (a) a general definition of work addiction, (b) the need for more transdisciplinary and integrative approach to research, and (c) propositions regarding more high-quality research. These three aspects are summarized in the present paper. There is a general agreement among work addiction researchers that work addiction is a problematic behavior that merits more systematic studies, which require input and expertise from a wide range of fields due to its complex nature.

Item Type:	Journal article
Description:	A response to the commentaries on: Ten myths about work addiction (Griffiths et al., 2018).
Publication Title:	Journal of Behavioral Addictions
Creators:	Atroszko, P.A., Demetrovics, Z. and Griffiths, M.D.
Publisher:	Akadémiai Kiadó Zrt.
Date:	March 2019
Volume:	8
Number:	1
ISSN:	2062-5871
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1556/2006.8.2019.11 DOI
Rights:	© 2019 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited, a link to the CC License is provided, and changes - if any - are indicated.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jill Tomkinson
Date Added:	08 Apr 2019 09:34
Last Modified:	08 Apr 2019 09:34
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/36203

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