The Costs of Work-Addicted Managers in Organizations: Towards Integrating Clinical and Organizational Frameworks

Recently some general agreements have been achieved regarding the current status of work addiction. One of the key criteria for conceptualizing a behavioral addiction is the harm caused by the behavior. It has been argued that in the case of work addiction, special attention should be devoted to...

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Main Authors: Paweł A. Atroszko, Bartosz Atroszko
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Language:English
Published: Editura ASE 2020-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_2962.pdf
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description Recently some general agreements have been achieved regarding the current status of work addiction. One of the key criteria for conceptualizing a behavioral addiction is the harm caused by the behavior. It has been argued that in the case of work addiction, special attention should be devoted to the potential harm that the behavior causes for the recipients of the work or coworkers. This paper constitutes a narrative literature review of the literature suggesting an association between work addiction of a manager and harm caused to other employees and recipients of their work. Based on this review, it can be concluded that the existing data provide strong premises suggesting that work-addicted managers may cause significant harm to themselves, other employees, organizations, and recipients of their work. It includes potential indirect effects through creating an environment conducive to work addiction and its consequences among employees. However, there are very few studies directly investigating the harm and costs caused by work-addicted managers. This paper constitutes an attempt to integrate certain aspects of clinical and organizational research into work addiction and stimulate further integrations in this area
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spelling doaj-art-2b6c9c1e152145edb83c0aacce390ef42025-08-20T02:04:30ZengEditura ASEAmfiteatru Economic1582-91462247-91042020-11-0122Special Issue 141265128210.24818/EA/2020/S14/1265The Costs of Work-Addicted Managers in Organizations: Towards Integrating Clinical and Organizational FrameworksPaweł A. Atroszko 0Bartosz Atroszko1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8265-1103University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, PolandUniversity of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, PolandRecently some general agreements have been achieved regarding the current status of work addiction. One of the key criteria for conceptualizing a behavioral addiction is the harm caused by the behavior. It has been argued that in the case of work addiction, special attention should be devoted to the potential harm that the behavior causes for the recipients of the work or coworkers. This paper constitutes a narrative literature review of the literature suggesting an association between work addiction of a manager and harm caused to other employees and recipients of their work. Based on this review, it can be concluded that the existing data provide strong premises suggesting that work-addicted managers may cause significant harm to themselves, other employees, organizations, and recipients of their work. It includes potential indirect effects through creating an environment conducive to work addiction and its consequences among employees. However, there are very few studies directly investigating the harm and costs caused by work-addicted managers. This paper constitutes an attempt to integrate certain aspects of clinical and organizational research into work addiction and stimulate further integrations in this areahttps://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_2962.pdfbehavioral addictionhealthleadershipwork addictionworkaholism
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behavioral addiction
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leadership
work addiction
workaholism
title The Costs of Work-Addicted Managers in Organizations: Towards Integrating Clinical and Organizational Frameworks
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leadership
work addiction
workaholism
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