《論文探訪》まじめな人＋ブラックな文化＝ワーカホリック

Mazzetti et al. (2014)は、ワーカホリックな人は生まれつきなのか、環境のせいなのかについて、オランダ人労働者のデータを元に分析している。

結果、目標達成欲、完璧主義、責任感、自己効力感を持った人（＝真面目に一生懸命働く意欲を持った人）が、働きすぎを容認するブラックなカルチャーの職場に入った時、ワーカホリックになる確率が一気に上がることが分かったそう。

性格についてもっと言うと、目標達成欲があったり、完璧主義の人は、どんな職場でもワーカホリックになりがち。

一方、これら２要素がなく、責任感や自己効力感が強いだけの人は、ホワイトなカルチャーの職場にいればワーカホリックになりづらいとのこと。

私たちは多かれ少なかれ環境からの影響を受けるもの。高い志を持つ人、完璧主義の人ほど、敢えてお気楽な職場に身を置いてみるのが良いのかも？

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Are Workaholics Born or Made? Relations of Workaholism With Person Characteristics and Overwork Climate
Mazzetti, G; Schaufeli, WB and Guglielmi, D
Aug 2014 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STRESS MANAGEMENT 21 (3) , pp.227-254

While the academic literature acknowledges that workaholism may result from individual characteristics as well as from environmental factors, little is known about the joint impact of these two kinds of antecedents. The present study explores whether the interaction between the perception of an overwork climate in the workplace and person characteristics (i.e., achievement motivation, perfectionism, conscientiousness, self-efficacy) may foster workaholism. Data were collected on a sample of 333 Dutch employees. The results of moderated regression analyses fully supported our hypotheses and showed that the interaction between an overwork climate and person characteristics is related to workaholism. More specifically, our results revealed a significant increase in workaholism when employees both possessed person characteristics that predispose them toward workaholism and perceived an overwork climate in their workplaces. In addition, conscientiousness and self-efficacy were related to workaholism, but only in interaction with the presence of an overwork climate. These results contribute to the ongoing conceptualization of workaholism by demonstrating empirically that a work environment characterized by an overwork climate may foster workaholism, especially for those high in achievement motivation, perfectionism, conscientiousness, and self-efficacy.