Is workaholism good or bad for employee well-being? The distinctiveness of workaholism and work engagement among Japanese employees

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 495-502

  Shimazu, Akihito ^a   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Family satisfaction; Job performance; Job satisfaction; Physical complaints; Psychological distress; Structural equation modeling; Work engagement; Workaholism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; WELLBEING; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 70350313403     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.495     Document Type: Article

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