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There are diffrent viewpoints among scholars on the consequences of workaholism. Some scholars evaluate it as a negative phenomenon and some as a positive phenomenon. Positive consequences of workaholism have been investigated in numerous studies along with its negative consequences. This paper not only tries to explain this phenomenon and its various dimensions, but also ties to study one of its positive consequences as organizational citizenship behavior. The data were collected by questionnaires and among 340 members of the medical staff of martyr Beheshti Hospital. In order to examine the hypothesis, first of all, Spearman rank correlation test was used to assess correlation. Then, the causal relationship between the variables was examined through structural equation modeling. Findings indicate that there is a positive and significant relationship between workaholism and organizational citizenship behavior and its four dimensions. Moreover, results show that workaholism has positive outcomes such as creation of organizational citizenship behaviors in addition to the negative consequences. This makes a complicated challenge for managers in dealing with this comprehensive phenomenon.
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Snir, R., Harpaz, I. and Burke, R. J. (2006), "Workaholism in Organizations: new Research
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Wen Liang, Y., and Ming Cho, C. (2009), "Personality Traits and Personal and Organizational Inducement: Antecedent of Workaholism", Social Behavior and Personality, Vol.37
Burke, R. J; Matthiesen, S. B. and Pallesen, S.,(2005), Personality Correlates of Workaholism”, Personality and Individual Differences, Vol.48.
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Burke, R. J., Richardsen, A. M. and Mortinussen, M.,(2004), "Workaholism Among Norwegian Managers Work and Well-Being Outcomes", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 17
Comeau, D. J. and Griffith, R.L. (2005), "Structural Interdependence, Personality, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: an Examination of Person-Environment interaction”, Personnel Review, Vol.34.
Harpaz, I. and Snir, R. (2003), "Workaholism: Its Definition and Nature", Human Relations, Vol. 56.
Mudrack, P. E. and Naughton, T. J. (2001), "the Assessment of Workaholism as Behavioral Tendencies: Scale Development and Preliminary Empirical Testing", Human Sciences Press.
Nga Giap, B. et al. (2005), "Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Perception of Organizational Justice in Student Job”, Psychology of Excellence, University of Munich.
Podsakoff, P. M., MacKenzie, S. B., Paine J. B. and Bachrach, D. G. (2000), "Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: A Critical Review of the Theoretical and Empirical Literature and Suggestions for Future Research”, Journal of Management, Vol. 26.
Podsakoff, P. M., MacKenzie, S. B., Moorman, R. H. and Fetter, R. (1990), "Transformational Leader Behaviors and Their Effects on Followers’ Trust in Leader, Satisfaction, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior”, Leadership Quarterly, Vol.1.
Shimazu, A. and Schaufeli, W. (2009), "Is Workaholism Good or Bad for Employee Well-being? The Distinctiveness of Workaholism and Work Engagement Among Japanese Employees", Industrial Health, Vol. 47
Spence, J. T. and Robbins, A. N. (1992), "Workaholism: Definition, Measurement, and Preliminary Results", Journal of Personality Assessment, Vol. 58.
Snir, R., Harpaz, I. and Burke, R. J. (2006), "Workaholism in Organizations: New Research Directions", Career Development International, Vol.11.Snir, R. & Harpaz, I. (2006), "The Workaholism Phenomenon: a Cross-National Perspective”, Career Development International, Vol. 11
Schaufeli, W. B., Bakker, A. B., Van der Heijden, F. and Prins, J. T. (2009), "Workaholism, Burnout and Well-being Among Junior Doctors: The Mediating Role of Role Conflict”, Work & Stress, Vol. 23.
Snir, R., Harpaz, I. and Burke, R. J. (2006), "Workaholism in Organizations: new Research
Directions, Career Development International”, Vol. 11.
Shimazu, A., Schaufeli, W. and Taris, T. W. (2010), "How Does Workaholism Affect Worker Health and Performance? The Mediating Role of Coping", International Society of Behavioral Medicine, Vol. 17.
Wen Liang, Y., and Ming Cho, C. (2009), "Personality Traits and Personal and Organizational Inducement: Antecedent of Workaholism", Social Behavior and Personality, Vol.37
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