Ten myths and twenty years: What we know and what we still do not know about work addiction. Commentary on: Ten myths about work addiction (Griffiths et al., 2018) Cover Image

Ten myths and twenty years: What we know and what we still do not know about work addiction. Commentary on: Ten myths about work addiction (Griffiths et al., 2018)
Ten myths and twenty years: What we know and what we still do not know about work addiction. Commentary on: Ten myths about work addiction (Griffiths et al., 2018)

Author(s): Bernadette Kun
Subject(s): Behaviorism
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: work addiction; workaholism; behavioral addiction; myths

Summary/Abstract: This commentary addresses a recent article by Griffiths et al. (2018) about myths in work addiction. In response to the narrative review, I reflect on all the myths that the authors highlighted and the argument on how they tried to counter them. In comparison to an earlier overview by Robinson (1998), it is clear which myths about work addiction are persistent and represent the most important issues about this problem. Most of the myths were countered by the authors, but some of them need more evidence to be unequivocally defeated. The commentary focuses on the most important future research directions based on the myths discussed in this paper.

  • Issue Year: 7/2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 863-866
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: English