Harmonious Passion Not, But Obsessive Passion and Relationship Dissatisfaction Predicts Work Addiction: A Longitudinal Study

One of the key questions in work addiction research is what harmful consequences the phenomenon leads to. However, it is equally important to identify the factors that may serve as potential risk or protective factors for work addiction. Such factors cannot be reliably identified through cross-sectional studies, but longitudinal analyses can help uncover them. A number of potential factors have already been suggested, many of which relate to individual characteristics of the worker, including personality traits, attitudes, and values (Kun et al., 2020a, 2020b, 2020c; Lichtenstein et al., 2019; Spence & Robbins, 1992). In addition, the role of passion for work has been increasingly highlighted, yet its long-term effects on work addiction have not been thoroughly examined.