Workaholism among Leaders: Implications for Their Own and Their Followers’ Well-Being

Abstract

This chapter examines the role of leader workaholism in relation to their own and their followers’ well-being. We begin with an overview of workaholism, along with a description of how workaholism may relate to typical leader behaviors. We propose a conceptual model linking the various components of workaholism to leaders’ well-being and followers’ well-being. In our model, we propose that leaders’ workaholism can negatively influence their own well-being, and also their followers’ well-being through interindividual crossover of affective, cognitive, and behavioral components of workaholism. Furthermore, the negative well-being outcomes experienced by the workaholic leader can also crossover to the followers through interindividual strain–strain crossover. Several moderating factors of these relationships are discussed, as well as avenues for future research.

Citation

Clark, M.A., W. Stevens, G., S. Michel, J. and Zimmerman, L. (2016), "Workaholism among Leaders: Implications for Their Own and Their Followers’ Well-Being", The Role of Leadership in Occupational Stress (Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being, Vol. 14), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-355520160000014001