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Understanding Workaholics' Motivations: A Self‐Determination Perspective

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Van den Broeck, Anja, Schreurs, Bert, De Witte, Hans, Vansteenkiste, Maarten, Germeys, Filip, Schaufeli, Wilmar·2011·Applied Psychology
DOI 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2011.00449.x
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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). Drawings 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 hypothesised 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 hypothesised 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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Authors
Van den Broeck, A., Schreurs, B., De Witte, H., Vansteenkiste, M., Germeys, F., & Schaufeli, W.
Venue
Applied Psychology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2011-06-05
Volume
60
Issue
4
Pages
600-621
ISSN
  • 0269-994X (ISSN-L)
  • 1464-0597
DOI
10.1111/j.1464-0597.2011.00449.x
OpenAlex
W1958066292
Cited by
185
References
12
FWCI
13.92
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
bronze
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)

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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. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-0597.2011.00449.x

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