Psychometric evidences of the workaholism battery in a Portuguese sample

Joana Santos (), Cátia Sousa (), António Sousa (), Luciano Figueiredo () and Gabriela Gonçalves ()
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Joana Santos: University of Algarve, Postal: Faculty of Human and Social Sciences & CIEO, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, http://fchs.ualg.pt/pt
Cátia Sousa: University of Algarve, Postal: Faculty of Human and Social Sciences & CIEO, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, http://fchs.ualg.pt/pt
António Sousa: University of Algarve, Postal: Institute of Engineering, CIMA - Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, http://www.cima.ualg.pt/cimaualg/index.php/en/
Luciano Figueiredo: ADECCO, Portugal, Postal: Company ADECCO, Portugal, http://www.adecco.pt/
Gabriela Gonçalves: University of Algarve, Postal: Faculty of Human and Social Sciences & CIEO, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, http://fchs.ualg.pt/pt

Journal of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, 2018, vol. 6, issue 1, 40-51

Abstract: Workaholism, defined as an addiction or dependence on work, is a subject that has become prominent in the literature, although its investigation is still at an early stage. The present study aims to adapt the Spence and Robbins’ Workaholism Battery - WorkBat (1992) to the Portuguese reality. The sample of the present study consists of 407 participants (313 women, 92 men, 2 don’t answered), aged between 18 and 68 years (M = 39; SD =10.449). The results from confirmatory analysis corroborate the original three factors structure: work involvement; work drive; work enjoyment. At the level of internal consistency, global and by dimension, the obtained values are acceptable; allowing reiterating what was observed in the original scale study. Although none of the models tested guarantees ideal adjustment values, either for the reasonableness of the values or for a better theoretical adequacy, the model considered more suitable meets the threefold solution initially proposed by Spence and Robbins (1992).

Keywords: Workaholism; Adaptation; Psychometric Properties; Portuguese Sample. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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