The Complexity of Heavy Work Investment (HWI): A Conceptual Integration and Review of Antecedents, Dimensions, and Outcomes

Filiz Tabak, Aharon Tziner, Or Shkoler and Edna Rabenu
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Filiz Tabak: Department of Management, ST 116B, College of Business and Economics, 8000 York Rd., Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA
Aharon Tziner: Department of Organizational Consulting & Development, School of Business Administration, Peres Academic Center, Shimon Peres St. 10, Rehovot 7610202, Israel
Or Shkoler: Department of Management, Business School, HEC Montréal, 3000 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC H3T 2A7, Canada
Edna Rabenu: School of Organizational Behavior, Tel-Hai Academic College, Upper Galilee 1220800, Israel

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 14, 1-16

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to bring conceptual clarity to the heavy work investment (HWI) construct while building a model based on a review of extant empirical and theoretical research and to encourage further discussion and investigations regarding the nature of HWI, specifically its individual level antecedents, dimensions, and outcomes for both the employee and the organization. The proposed theoretical framework builds upon the Job Demands–Resources model and conceptualizes HWI on a continuum of workaholism and work engagement. Specific propositions for the antecedents and outcomes of the HWI continuum are developed. The paper ends with a discussion of future research directions.

Keywords: heavy work investment; work engagement; workaholism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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