Abstract
Objective:to identify the prevalence and factors associated with workaholism among stricto sensu graduate nursing professors.Method:a cross-sectional study with 333 professors of master’s/doctorate degrees from 47 Brazilian public universities. Participants answered a characterization questionnaire and the Dutch Work Addiction Scale, which were analyzed descriptively and by multiple logistic regression.Results:the prevalence of workaholism was 10.5%. The factors associated with the dimensions of workaholism were: having a marital relationship, being dissatisfied with work and sleep, indicating low ability to concentrate and few leisure opportunities, belonging to Graduate Programs with grades 3, 4 and 5, receiving a research productivity grant, considering the influence of work on life as negative, showing difficulty in combining work with personal life, to present work-related anxiety, feel pressure for scientific publishing, elaborate more than 11 articles simultaneously, give more than 21 opinions in the last year, work an extra 11 hours a week in addition to the work schedule and dedicate less than 10 hours a week to graduate school.Conclusion:there is an indication of workaholism in the investigated professors, and the associated factors were related to working conditions and requirements. Universities must adhere to management models that include occupational health promotion.
Highlights
Studies have reported workaholism as one of the causes of workers’ mental and physical illness[1,2,3]
On working conditions in graduate school, 69.7% pointed they were under demand for scientific publishing, and 71.2% were satisfied with their work in graduate school
The data in this study showed that high compulsive work was higher among teachers who affiliated to the PPGEnf CAPES grade 3, 4 and 5, those who received publishing grants, those who worked more than 11 hours a week in addition to the regular work, those who reported anxiety in the development of their activities, the negative influence of work pace and intensity on their lives, those who felt greater difficulty in reconciling work with personal and family life and those dissatisfied with sleep
Summary
Studies have reported workaholism as one of the causes of workers’ mental and physical illness[1,2,3]. It is estimated that 10% of North Americans are workaholic[4], this condition being more prevalent among workers who perform activities at the managerial level and specific sectors, such as health professionals and teachers[5]. The term workaholism originates from the junction of the prefix “work” with the suffix “aholism”, to describe the addiction to work, characterized by compulsive and excessive work[8], which is performed excessively and irrationally, as that even aware of the excess, the worker does not take control of the burden[9].
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