Are workaholics born or made? Relations of workaholism with person characteristics and overwork climate

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 227-254

  Mazzetti, Greta ^a   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^b   Guglielmi, Dina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Conscientiousness; Overwork climate; Perfectionism; Self efficacy; Workaholism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905569263     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035700     Document Type: Article

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