Can Work Be Detrimental? Working Excessively Questionnaire (WEQ): The Development and Validation

Władysław Jacek Paluchowski, Elżbieta Hornowska, Piotr Haładziński, Lech Kaczmarek

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A1 Hornowska, E.

A1 Haładziński, P.

A1 Kaczmarek, L.

T1 Can Work Be Detrimental? Working Excessively Questionnaire (WEQ): The Development and Validation

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SN 978-83-7383-704-1

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Paluchowski, Władysław Jacek; Hornowska, Elżbieta; Haładziński, Piotr; Kaczmarek, Lech. Can Work Be Detrimental? Working Excessively Questionnaire (WEQ): The Development and Validation [baza danych online] Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, 2014 [dostęp: 04 05 2024]. Dostęp w Ibuk Libra: https://libra.ibuk.pl/reader/can-work-be-detrimental-working-excessively-questionnaire-weq-the-wladyslaw-jacek-paluchowski-155919.

Psychology in Practice

For some, excessive workload is a source of satisfaction, while for others it stems from the desire to meet one's own and external expectations.

Sometimes a fulfilling job fulfills one's life because it provide...

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ISBN/ISSN:

978-83-7383-704-1

DOI:

Wydawnictwo:

Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar

Rok wydania:

2014

Liczba stron:

127

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ONIX MARC21

Chapter1
Chapter2
Chapter3
Preface9
Excessive workload13
The most obvious negative consequences of workaholism33
Theoretical explanations of workaholism36
Refinement and further validation of the working excessivelyquestionnaire (WEQ)39
Sub-scale of the questionnaire Schedule for Nonadaptive Personality(SNAP-Work)42
Dutch Work Addiction Scale (DUWAS)44
Multidimensional Questionnaire for Workaholism Assessment (WKOP)46
Conclusions47
Methodological consequences48
Final refinement of the questionnaire52
The sample52
Scale statistics54
Scale reliabilities and intercorrelations56
Criterion-related and construct validityCorrelations with self-reported symptoms of work addiction63
Scales and questionnaires used in the research69
The Relationships Questionnaire (RQ)73
The relationship between lack of control over work and locus of control75
The relationship between assigning a specific role to work and the assessmentof a person’s own competences and intimate relationships95
The relationship between the attachment pattern and beliefs about work96
The relationship between work position and perceived oppressiveness of theorganization106
sociability108
Conclusion110
References112

PREFACE

Forsomepeopleworkisthemostimportantthingintheirlife,forothersit

isaplacewheretheymeettheirneeds,andforothersagainitisanimportant

elementoftheiridentityand,ﬁnally,ameanstofulﬁllsocialworkobligations.

Mostoften,excessiveworkloadappliestoperformingunnecessarywork,going

beyondthestandardrequirements,needs,oropportunities.Itmayhavevarious

causes,andmostoftenhasnegativeeffects.Apopulartermforexcessive

workloadis“workaholism”.Useofthisworddrawsattentiontothesimilarity

betweenobsessiveworkingandalcoholism,butithasbecomealabelalsofor

avarietyofotherphenomena.

Whenbrowsingentriesonforumsandblogs,onecanseethatpeoplewrite

aboutmanydifferentcontextsofworkaholism.Excessiveworkloadisasourceof

satisfactionforsomepeople,whereasforothers,excessiveworkloadstemsfrom

thedesiretomeettheexpectationsofthemselvesandothers.Whatmayseemlike

anexcessiveworkloadontheoutside,fromthepointofviewofanemployee,

maybeunderstoodastheimplementationofaparticularobligationtowards

others.Sometimes,workgivessatisfactionandﬁllsaperson’sentirelifebecause

thispersonisabletoﬁndinworkeverythingtheyneedtobehappy.Workingmay

beanacceptablewaytoescapefromaperson’semotionalproblems.Sometimes,

excessiveworkloadresultsfromthefearoflosingajob.Somepeopleperceive

thecausesofexcessiveworkloadinpoorworkorganization.Anotherreasonto

workexcessivelymaybethefactthatitisﬁnanciallyworthwhile.Sometimes

suchaworkloadbecomesaﬁnancialnecessity,especiallyforpeoplewhoarein

debt.

Alltypesofaddictionshaveapositive,healthymechanismattheirbasis.When

wearehungry,thebrainreceivesasignalaboutthedeclineinbloodglucose

levels,accompaniedbyvariousunpleasantsensations.Afterweeat,notonly

dothesesensationsdisappear,butalsoastateofoverallsatisfactionappearsas

aresultoftheso-calledhormoneofhappiness:dopamine.Therefore,toputit

simply,thereisasubsequenthealthymechanism:theunpleasantsensationof

absenceisremovedasaresultofthetakenactions,and,inaddition,areward

appearsintheformofoverallsatisfaction,whichreinforcesthehabit.Inother

words,ﬁrstthedeﬁnedactionseliminateanunpleasantcondition(punishment

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