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Work Addiction and Work Engagement: a Network Approach to Cross-Cultural Data

Authors: Piotr Bereznowski, Aleksandra Bereznowska, Paweł A. Atroszko, Roman Konarski

Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction | Issue 4/2023

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This study aimed to investigate direct relationships of work addiction symptoms with dimensions of work engagement. We used three samples in which work addiction was measured with the Bergen Work Addiction Scale and work engagement was measured with the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. One sample comprised responses from working Norwegians (n₁ = 776), and two samples comprised responses from working Poles (n₂ = 719; n₃ = 715). We jointly estimated three networks using the fused graphic lasso method. Additionally, we estimated the stability of each network, node centrality, and node predictability and quantitatively compared all networks. The results showed that absorption and mood modification could constitute a bridge between work addiction and work engagement. It suggests that further investigation of properties of absorption and mood modification might be crucial for answering the question of how engaged workers become addicted to work.

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Title: Work Addiction and Work Engagement: a Network Approach to Cross-Cultural Data
Authors: Piotr Bereznowski
Aleksandra Bereznowska
Paweł A. Atroszko
Roman Konarski
Publication date: 03-12-2021
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Addiction
Addiction
Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction / Issue 4/2023
Print ISSN: 1557-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1882
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-021-00707-8

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