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Workaholism and Consequential Health, Family and Social Issues


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1 Department of Management Studies, Annapoorana Engineering College, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Management Studies, Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
 

Organizations are getting concerned about the workaholic people, as the managers are facing complexity in terms of managing such work addicted employees. These workaholic employees face greater amount of difficulties both in their work and family life due to their excessive obsession towards work. As a result they face several physical and psychological problems, and at the same time the organizations suffer in terms of productivity. This study aims at focusing on Workaholism and the resulting health, family and social issues among IT Employees, particularly Project and Team Leaders in the selected five cities of Tamil Nadu. The interview schedule was prepared and the data was collected from 118 respondents. The study reveals that the respondents are workaholic and suffer from health, family and social issues.

Keywords

Family, Health, Marital Issues, Social Issue, Stress, Workaholism.
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Authors

S. Subhashini
Department of Management Studies, Annapoorana Engineering College, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
G. Palaniappan
Department of Management Studies, Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


Organizations are getting concerned about the workaholic people, as the managers are facing complexity in terms of managing such work addicted employees. These workaholic employees face greater amount of difficulties both in their work and family life due to their excessive obsession towards work. As a result they face several physical and psychological problems, and at the same time the organizations suffer in terms of productivity. This study aims at focusing on Workaholism and the resulting health, family and social issues among IT Employees, particularly Project and Team Leaders in the selected five cities of Tamil Nadu. The interview schedule was prepared and the data was collected from 118 respondents. The study reveals that the respondents are workaholic and suffer from health, family and social issues.

Keywords


Family, Health, Marital Issues, Social Issue, Stress, Workaholism.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15613/hijrh%2F2016%2Fv3i2%2F136509