ABSTRACT

Most research on workaholism has been conducted at the between-person level and has considered mainly psychological outcomes of the phenomenon (e.g. burnout, job satisfaction). Building on the allostatic load model and on the idea that workaholic cognition and behaviour may show variation at the within-person level, we tested the hypothesis that fluctuations in daily workaholism would be related to parallel fluctuations in daily systolic blood pressure as reported at the end of the working day. Additionally, based on previous research and theoretical contributions in the field, we also tested the hypothesis that the daily workaholism-systolic blood pressure relationship would be particularly accentuated for women, when compared to men. Data have been collected from a sample of 61 participants who were followed for ten consecutive working days, for a total of 544 observations. In line with the hypotheses, workaholism revealed substantial variation at the day level and daily workaholism predicted daily systolic blood pressure. The workaholism-systolic blood pressure relationship was only partially mediated by the objective number of hours worked in the day and, as hypothesised, was more accentuated in women. The study contributes to advancing workaholism research by showing micro-processual (i.e. day-level) aspects of the health impairment path potentially activated by workaholism.

摘要

大多数关于工作狂的研究都是在人与人之间进行的，主要考虑了这种现象的心理结果（例如倦怠、工作满意度）。基于动态负荷模型和工作狂的认知和行为可能在个人层面上表现出变化的想法，我们检验了日常工作狂的波动与每日收缩压的平行波动相关的假设，如最后报告的的工作日。此外，基于该领域先前的研究和理论贡献，我们还检验了与男性相比，女性的日常工作狂与收缩压之间的关系会特别突出的假设。从 61 名参与者的样本中收集了数据，这些参与者连续 10 个工作日被跟踪，总共有 544 个观测值。与假设一致，工作狂揭示了日间水平的显着变化，而每日工作狂预测了每日收缩压。工作狂与收缩压之间的关系仅部分由一天中的客观工作小时数介导，并且如假设的那样，在女性中更为突出。该研究通过展示工作狂可能激活的健康损害路径的微观过程（即日级）方面，有助于推进工作狂研究。工作狂与收缩压之间的关系仅部分由一天中的客观工作小时数介导，并且如假设的那样，在女性中更为突出。该研究通过展示工作狂可能激活的健康损害路径的微观过程（即日级）方面，有助于推进工作狂研究。工作狂与收缩压之间的关系仅部分由一天中的客观工作小时数介导，并且如假设的那样，在女性中更为突出。该研究通过展示工作狂可能激活的健康损害路径的微观过程（即日级）方面，有助于推进工作狂研究。