Seeing the forest through different trees: A social psychological perspective of work addiction. Commentary on: Ten myths about work addiction (Griffiths et al., 2018) Cover Image

Seeing the forest through different trees: A social psychological perspective of work addiction. Commentary on: Ten myths about work addiction (Griffiths et al., 2018)
Seeing the forest through different trees: A social psychological perspective of work addiction. Commentary on: Ten myths about work addiction (Griffiths et al., 2018)

Author(s): István Tóth-Király, Beáta Böthe, Gábor Orosz
Subject(s): Behaviorism
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: integrative model; personality; situational factors; societal factors; work addiction; workaholism

Summary/Abstract: We live in exciting times for the scientific study of work addiction, given its increased relevance and the diverse perspectives one might take to approach this phenomenon. Simultaneously, this field does not appear to be unified as a result of several misleading myths, which are addressed by the debate paper of Griffiths et al. (2018). In response, we would like to complement this study by proposing that the construct of interest should be more precisely identified in the context of related constructs and that an integrative framework should be applied, which is able to take into account not just the micro-level characteristics (i.e., individual differences), but meso- (i.e., environmental factors) and macro-level (i.e., societal factors) ones as well.

  • Issue Year: 7/2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 875-879
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English