Workaholism, Stress and Perfectionism among Telecom Employees

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship among workaholism, stress and perfectionism among telecommunication sector employees. The aim of the study was also to identify the mediating role of perfectionism between workaholism and stress. Furthermore, the relationship of gender, age, family system, marital status was explored in relation to study vruiables. The sample consisted of (N = 263) working employees including male (n = 177) and female (n = 86) employees. Workaholism, stress, and perfectionism were measured through Dutch Workaholism Scale (Schefulia et aI. , 2009), Stress the subscale of Depression, Anxiety and Stress (DASS) (Lovibond and Livibond, 1995), and Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (Hewitt et aI. , 1991) respectively. The result indicated that workaholisrn, sh'ess and perfectionism were significantly positively cOlTelated with each other. Regression analysis showed that workaholism and perfectionism were significant predictors of stre . Fmihermore, results indicated that perfectionism mediates the relationship between \vorkaholism and stTess.