Advisor | Aziz, Shahnaz | en_US |
Author | Weber, Ryan | en_US |
Date Accessioned | 2011-06-24T15:27:25Z | |
Date Available | 2013-07-01T11:15:48Z | |
Date of Issue | 2011 | en_US |
Identifier (URI) | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3526 | |
Description | Artists are an important although often misunderstood part of the workforce. This study sought to shed light on the work habits of this population by conducting a discriminant function analysis to differentiate between a sample of white-collar professionals and a sample of artistic workers on workaholism and two of its correlates: work/nonwork interference and enhancement, and obsessive compulsive behavior. Contrary to hypotheses 1 and 2, no difference was found between these two groups on either measure of workaholism, on hours worked, or in work interference with personal life. In line with hypotheses 3 and 4, results indicated a significant difference between the two groups on work enhancement of personal life such that self-employed artists scored higher, and no significant difference between these groups on obsessive-compulsive behavior. Additional results revealed a significant difference between white-collar professionals and artists on work enjoyment such that artists scored higher, and the control measure of the WART such that white-collar professionals scored higher. A breakdown of these groups by self-employment status revealed that being self-employed was a significant factor in determining work enhancement of personal life. These results reinforce the study of artists' work behaviors as important for future research involving work/nonwork balance. | en_US |
Extent | 82 p. | en_US |
Format Medium | dissertations, academic | en_US |
Language | | en_US |
Publisher | East Carolina University | en_US |
Subject | Psychology | en_US |
Subject | Occupational health | en_US |
Subject | Artists | en_US |
Subject | Self-employed | en_US |
Subject | White collar | en_US |
Subject | Workaholism | en_US |
Subject | Work enjoyment | en_US |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Workaholism--Psychological aspects | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Workaholics | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Compulsive behavior | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Work-life balance | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Quality of work life | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Artists--Psychology | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | White collar workers--Psychology | |
Title | THE ARTISTIC WORKER VERSUS THE WHITE-COLLAR PROFESSIONAL : WORKAHOLISM, WORK/NONWORK INTERFERENCE AND ENHANCEMENT, AND OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR IN TWO SAMPLES | en_US |
Type | Master's Thesis | en_US |
Department | Psychology: General - Theoretic | en_US |
Degree | M.A. | en_US |