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Revista Ciencias de la Salud

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CASTILLO, Juan Alberto  and  GOMEZ, María Carolina. Excessive work or addiction to work: workaholism in a Colombian company.: A pilot study trough application of DUWAS test. Rev. Cienc. Salud [online]. 2012, vol.10, n.3, pp.307-322. ISSN 1692-7273.

This paper examines the workaholism phenomenon in different work situations in a Colombian company. Workaholism is defined as the individual's steady and considerable allocation of time to work, which is not derived from external necessities (1). The research studies about workaholics and workaholism have increased in the last years (2). Workaholism is an addiction that currently is affecting the people around the world and has serious consequences in personal life, in the community and also in economy. Some of these researches are developing ways to diagnose a workaholic person or situations that may affect the worker's performance ,daily life activities and especially the psychosocial field. Objective: this study contributes to identify if Colombian workers present the main characteristics of workaholism and in consequence understand if their job is related to the presence of this addiction. Materials and method: this pilot study uses the Dutch Work Addiction Scale (DUWAS), the test suggests when a person has work addiction, trough the evaluation of two main components working excessively and working compulsively. Results: the study found differences among two groups: the 67% of the administrative/executive jobs (AE) group are over the average while only the 33% of the members of the O group are over it. Conclusions: these percentages show the combinations of the components of workaholism are more evident in the population belonging to the administrative/executive jobs group, giving evidence that workaholism is presented in greater proportion in the population performance management positions.

Keywords : workaholism; hours of work; job stress; work centrality.

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