New publication on Workaholism
Workaholism is commonly conceptualized as a compulsive inner drive to work excessively hard. This study investigates to what extent rigid personal beliefs—i.e., performance-based self-esteem (self-esteem that is contingent upon good performance) and an enough continuation rule (continuing with work until one feels one has done enough)—contribute to exhaustion through workaholism. To examine these potential antecedents […]
New publication on the motivation of engaged and workaholic employees
The present study among 680 Dutch employees in the banking industry shows that workaholic and engaged employees have different work goals and use different strategies to pursue these goals. More particularly, engaged employees are motivated by a strong need for growth and development (i.e. promotion focus), whereas workaholic employees are motivated by a strong need […]
New textbook publication on employee well-being
This chapter is about how employees feel at work. For instance, employees may feel worn out, cynical, or bored, or in contrast, they may feel enthused and full of pep. The way employees feel has not only to do with “whom they are” – i.e. their personality – but also with “where they are” – […]
New publication online on heavy work investment
This study revealed that workaholism — a negative form of heavy work investment — was primarily and positively associated with having a prevention focus (i.e., .avoiding mistakes, failures and errors) , whereas work engagement — a positive form of heavy work investment was primarily and positively associated with having a promotion focus (i.e., using opportunities […]
New overview on work engagement
This chapter gives an up-to-date overview of the state-of-the art of research and theorizing regarding work engagement. First, a brief history is presented of the emergence of engagement in business and in academia (section 1), which is followed by a discussion of various definitions that are used in business and in science (section 2). Next […]
New publication about a positive intervention
Despite the large amount of research attention to engagement as well as positive psychology in a general context, there have been few attempts to increase academic well–being by means of positive psychological interventions. This paper tests the potential of positive psychological interventions to enhance study–related positive emotions and academic engagement, and to reduce study–related negative […]
New publication on the JD-R model
The Job Demands-Resources model (JD-R model) has gained high popularity among researchers. The current version of the model proposes that high job demands lead to strain and health impairment (the health impairment process), and that high resources lead to increased motivation and higher productivity (the motivational process). This chapter reviews the assumptions and development of […]
New publication on burnout (in Dutch)
Dit artikel geeft een overzicht van de stand van zaken in het onderzoek naar burnout. Burnout is een syndroom van extreme vermoeidheid (uitputting), afstand nemen van het werk (distantie) en weinig vertrouwen in het eigen kunnen (verminderde competentie), waarbij de oorzaken voor deze aspecten gelegen zijn in hetzij de werksfeer, hetzij in de manier waarop […]
Now publication on boredom
Boredom at work is a state of employee unwell-being that is characterized by relatively low arousal and high dissatisfaction. This paper introduces a brief self-report questionnaire that assesses boredom at work, the Dutch Boredom Scale (DUBS). It is argued that (1) boredom at work can be distinguished empirically from related concepts such as work engagement and job burnout; (2) […]
New publication on workaholism
Due to their excessive drive to work hard, workaholics may face difficulties with recovering from work. The present study examines the role of negative emotions in recovery from work among a selected group of workaholics and nonworkaholics. Data were collected among 118 employees who completed a survey and participated in a 5-day diary study. Based on […]