From "This job is killing me" to "I live the life I love and I love the life I live"

Pina e Cunha, M; Rego, A; Clegg, SR; Cabral-Cardoso, C

From "This job is killing me" to "I live the life I love and I love the life I live"

Pina e Cunha, M Rego, A Clegg, SR

Cabral-Cardoso, C

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Publisher:: ICFAI Books
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Workaholism: Perspectives and Experiences, 2009, 1, pp. 29 - 48
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Pina e Cunha, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rego, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Clegg, SR https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cabral-Cardoso, C	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Reddy, S	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Workaholism: Perspectives and Experiences, 2009, 1, pp. 29 - 48	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-81-314-2469-8	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	If we define efficiency in terms of maximizing output from a given - or lesser - number of workers, it can be considered that, in some cases, Frederick Taylor's science has achieved a remarkahle success. Contemporary organizations managed to create such a state of conmitment (be it spontaneous or hnposed), that people have adopted excessive working as lifestyte. Life is organized aroundwork, with work occupying - more and more territory from the tormer privale life. We discuss the notion of excessive worffing, present several forms of excessive working, contest the idea that excessive working is necessarily noxious, and challenge researchers critically to discuss their practical saccess. As the saying goes, there can be too much of a good thing.	en_US
dc.publisher	ICFAI Books	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Workaholism: Perspectives and Experiences	en_US
dc.title	From "This job is killing me" to "I live the life I love and I love the life I live"	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
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Abstract:

If we define efficiency in terms of maximizing output from a given - or lesser - number of workers, it can be considered that, in some cases, Frederick Taylor's science has achieved a remarkahle success. Contemporary organizations managed to create such a state of conmitment (be it spontaneous or hnposed), that people have adopted excessive working as lifestyte. Life is organized aroundwork, with work occupying - more and more territory from the tormer privale life. We discuss the notion of excessive worffing, present several forms of excessive working, contest the idea that excessive working is necessarily noxious, and challenge researchers critically to discuss their practical saccess. As the saying goes, there can be too much of a good thing.

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