Edited by the late Ronald J. Burke, formerly Professor Emeritus, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada

'Ronald Burke has put together a collection of state-of-the-art research and writing about work hours and work addiction from around the world. This book is essential reading for academics, managers, human resource professionals and anyone else interested in identifying types of work addiction, learning about antecedents and consequences of workaholism, as well as how to help people achieve work-life balance. The contributions from top notch researchers and academics in the field provide a rounded view of how the interplay between career aspirations, work motivation and working conditions contribute to health outcomes and effectiveness at work.'

• Contents:PrefacePART I: INTRODUCTION1. Work Hours and Work AddictionRonald J. Burke2. How Long? The Historical, Economic and Cultural Factors Behind Working Hours and OverworkLonnie GoldenPART II: DEFINITION AND CONSEQUENCES OF WORKAHOLISM3. The Workaholic Breakdown SyndromeBarbara Killinger4. Exploring New Frontiers to Generate an Integrated Definition of WorkaholismLynley H.W. McMillan and Michael P. O’Driscoll5. Understanding Workaholism: The Case for Behavioral TendenciesPeter E. MudrackPART III: ANTECEDENTS AND TYPES OF WORKAHOLICS6. Making Sense of Temporal Organizational Boundary ControlGraeme MacDermid7. Economic and Employment Conditions, Karoshi (Work to Death) and the Trend of Studies on Workaholism in JapanAtsuko Kanai8. Workaholic Types: It’s Not How Hard You Work but Why and How You Work HardRonald J. Burke9. Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde? On the Differences between Work Engagement and WorkaholismWilmar B. Schaufeli, Toon W. Taris and Arnold B. BakkerPART IV: ADDRESSING WORK HOURS AND WORKAHOLISM10. ‘Decent Working Time’: Balancing the Needs of Workers and EmployersJon C. Messenger11. The Unlikely Referral of Workaholics to an Employee Assistance ProgramGayle Porter and Robert A. Herring III12. Career Success and Personal Failure: A Developing Need to Find BalanceRonald J. Burke and Teal McAteer-Early13. Exploring Career and Personal Outcomes and the Meaning of Career Success Among Part-time Professionals in OrganizationsMary Dean Lee, Pamela Lirio, Fahri Karakas, Shelley M. MacDermid, Michelle L. Buck and Ellen Ernst Kossek14. Improving Work–Life Balance: REBT for Workaholic TreatmentCharles P. Chen15. Spiritual Leadership Theory as a Source for Future Theory, Research, and Recovery for WorkaholismLouis W. Fry, Laura L. Matherly and Steve VitucciIndex

Edited by the late Ronald J. Burke, formerly Professor Emeritus, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada

'Ronald Burke has put together a collection of state-of-the-art research and writing about work hours and work addiction from around the world. This book is essential reading for academics, managers, human resource professionals and anyone else interested in identifying types of work addiction, learning about antecedents and consequences of workaholism, as well as how to help people achieve work-life balance. The contributions from top notch researchers and academics in the field provide a rounded view of how the interplay between career aspirations, work motivation and working conditions contribute to health outcomes and effectiveness at work.'

• Contents:PrefacePART I: INTRODUCTION1. Work Hours and Work AddictionRonald J. Burke2. How Long? The Historical, Economic and Cultural Factors Behind Working Hours and OverworkLonnie GoldenPART II: DEFINITION AND CONSEQUENCES OF WORKAHOLISM3. The Workaholic Breakdown SyndromeBarbara Killinger4. Exploring New Frontiers to Generate an Integrated Definition of WorkaholismLynley H.W. McMillan and Michael P. O’Driscoll5. Understanding Workaholism: The Case for Behavioral TendenciesPeter E. MudrackPART III: ANTECEDENTS AND TYPES OF WORKAHOLICS6. Making Sense of Temporal Organizational Boundary ControlGraeme MacDermid7. Economic and Employment Conditions, Karoshi (Work to Death) and the Trend of Studies on Workaholism in JapanAtsuko Kanai8. Workaholic Types: It’s Not How Hard You Work but Why and How You Work HardRonald J. Burke9. Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde? On the Differences between Work Engagement and WorkaholismWilmar B. Schaufeli, Toon W. Taris and Arnold B. BakkerPART IV: ADDRESSING WORK HOURS AND WORKAHOLISM10. ‘Decent Working Time’: Balancing the Needs of Workers and EmployersJon C. Messenger11. The Unlikely Referral of Workaholics to an Employee Assistance ProgramGayle Porter and Robert A. Herring III12. Career Success and Personal Failure: A Developing Need to Find BalanceRonald J. Burke and Teal McAteer-Early13. Exploring Career and Personal Outcomes and the Meaning of Career Success Among Part-time Professionals in OrganizationsMary Dean Lee, Pamela Lirio, Fahri Karakas, Shelley M. MacDermid, Michelle L. Buck and Ellen Ernst Kossek14. Improving Work–Life Balance: REBT for Workaholic TreatmentCharles P. Chen15. Spiritual Leadership Theory as a Source for Future Theory, Research, and Recovery for WorkaholismLouis W. Fry, Laura L. Matherly and Steve VitucciIndex