TY - JOUR
AU - Taris, Toon
AB - Int.J. Behav. Med. (2010) 17:154–160 DOI 10.1007/s12529-010-9077-x How Does Workaholism Affect Worker Health and Performance? The Mediating Role of Coping Akihito Shimazu & Wilmar B. Schaufeli & Toon W. Taris Published online: 19 February 2010 International Society of Behavioral Medicine 2010 Abstract selves (in terms of ill-health) are high, workaholism has on Background The underlying mechanisms connecting work- average adverse effects on health and performance. aholism on the one hand and ill-health and performance on . . . the other hand have to date hardly been examined Keywords Workaholism Coping Psychological distress empirically. Physical complaints Job performance Purpose The aim was to study the mediating role of coping (i.e., active coping and emotional discharge) in the relationship between workaholism, ill-health (i.e., psycho- Introduction logical distress and physical complaints), and job perfor- mance. In recent years, working conditions have been changing Method A theory-based model was tested among 757 rapidly. For instance, clear role expectations at work are the employees of a Japanese construction machinery company. exception rather than the rule, and the boundaries between Results Workaholism was positively related to active work and personal life have become blurred [1]. In coping, which was, in its turn, negatively associated with 
TI - How Does Workaholism Affect Worker Health and Performance? The Mediating Role of Coping
JF - International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
DO - 10.1007/s12529-010-9077-x
DA - 2010-02-19
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/how-does-workaholism-affect-worker-health-and-performance-the-TLiRVk5Lvm
SP - 154
EP - 160
VL - 17
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
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