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Workaholic
A hardworking employee is considered the most valued person of an organization. As
a result, a workaholic is an individual who is perceived to be a hard worker and has much
contribution to the discretionary work effort. The workaholic individuals are individuals who
are motivated to work hard and produce good results from the indicated jobs. The definition
of workaholism is about a person that complete allocated work all the time and is usually
addicted as well as dedicated to work. The main reason for the evaluation of an individual as
an alcoholic is because of their personal achievements and the ideology that such individuals
do not feel guilty after being constantly productive. The individuals feel good and usually
they do not work to prove themselves or their colleagues for the efforts of their work.
Additionally, such individuals do not await praise to do what they do best.
Workaholics are usually addicted to their work in a way of avoidance of pain and they
can never have enough therefore they work as much as possible. Some of workaholics work
extra time to finish their project or meet a deadline (Bakker, 26). For example, a nurse at a
national hospital opts to be around patients all the time and would rarely go home and leave
the patient unattended. The nurses become obsessed of their time at the hospital and will
work tirelessly to ensure that the wellbeing of their patients is catered for. Additionally, the
nurses usually assures the patients of their fulltime dedication in taking care of the patient
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until they attain full recovery. Despite the patient discharge from the hospital, the nurse will
make a follow-up to the victim’s home all the time until they become sure that the patient is
well. Workaholic nurses will as well leave their hobbies such as meeting up with friends for a
drink or for golf games and will prefer being at the hospital taking care of the patients.
Workaholics are considered to have positive and negative influence since the core
elements of substantial behavior and cognitive investment in work results in either a stable or
a situational response. A workaholic individual may be steady and considerable of the
allocated time to work-related activities and thoughts but the personal reluctance to disengage
from work leads to development of exclusion of other important life activities (Molino,
Bakker & Ghislieri, 2016, 402). Workaholics for example as the example of the nurse have
the inability to regulate their work habits and the overindulgence in work leads to
development of negative side effects. However, attitude is considered as the influence of
workaholism and not the number of hours the individuals works. As a result, the “psychic
income” comes from responsibility, meaning, opportunity recognition and not monetary
income (Shimazu, 20). Workaholism therefore constructs a complex and multidimensional
styles and patterns of work, which adds to the contradictory outcomes. Work involvement
and feeling of being driven to work as well as enjoyment of work is an aspect of strength that
embeds to the hardworking individuals. However, the individuals who choose to work
without psychological involvement are the ones described as false workaholics despite
staying on work for a long time.
To sum up workaholics are individuals that are involved in work, driven by feelings
and enjoy the allocated work in which they complete in time and produce satisfactory results.
Workaholics are usually addicted to their work in a way of avoidance of pain and they can
never have enough therefore they work as much as possible.
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Work Cited
Bakker, Arnold B. "Workaholism." Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management. Edward
Elgar Publishing Limited, 2016.
Molino, M., Bakker, A. B., & Ghislieri, C. (2016). The role of workaholism in the job
demands-resources model. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 29(4), 400-414.
Shimazu, Akihito, et al. "Workaholism vs. work engagement: The two different predictors of
future well-being and performance." International journal of behavioral medicine22.1
(2015): 18-23.
