Investigation of relationship between workaholism and obsession in public and private sector workers

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmada özel sektörde faaliyet gösteren serbest muhasebeci-mali müşavirler ve kamuda çalışan memur-lardan oluşan bir grupta işkoliklik ve obsesyon düzeylerinin ilişkisi incelenmiştir. Gereç ve yöntem: İşkoliklik ve obsesyon düzeylerini belirlemek için iki ayrı ölçek kullanılmıştır. Araştırma kapsamın-da toplam 260 çalışana bu ölçekler ve demografik veri formu uygulanmıştır. Toplam 170 kişinin verileri değerlendir-meye tabi tutulmuştur. Verilerin analizinde, parametrik testler ve korelasyon analizi kullanılmıştır. İstatistikî anlamlılık düzeyi p

Keywords

• İşkoliklik, obsesyon, serbest muhasebeci-mali müşavir, devlet memuru.

Investigation of relationship between workaholism and obsession in public and private sector workers

Abstract

Objectives: In this study, the relationship between levels of workaholism and obsession was investigated in a group that was composed of independent accountant-financial advisers and civil servants. Materials and methods: Two different scales were used in order to determine the workaholism and obsession lev-els. These two scales and a form to collect demographical variables were administered to 260 workers. Among them the data obtained from 170 workers were evaluated. Parametric tests and correlation analysis were used to analyze the data. The level of statistical significance was accepted as p

Keywords

• Workaholism, obsession, independent accountant-financial advisers, civil servant.

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