ABSTRACT
The authors designed the current study to examine the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the workaholism battery (CitationJ. T. Spence & A. S. Robbins, 1992). Using the back-translation strategy recommended by R. CitationBrislin (1980), the authors translated the original scale developed by Spence and Robbins. Factor analyses of responses from 1,235 full-time workers in Taiwan revealed a 5-factor solution. The reliability coefficients of the factors ranged from .58 to .88. Significant correlations between the 5 factors, the work-addiction risk test, career commitment, and job involvement provided evidence for convergent validity. Significant correlations between the 5 factors and criterion variables (emotional exhaustion, job satisfaction, and hours worked per week) provided evidence of concurrent criterion validity. Overall, the findings suggest that the Taiwanese workers conceptualize workaholism as 5 dimensions rather than the 2 or 3 dimensions that previous empirical studies (CitationA. Kanai, M. Wakabayashi, & S. Fling, 1996; CitationL. H. W. McMillan, E. C. Brady, M. P. Driscoll, & N. V. Marsh, 2002; CitationJ. T. Spence & A. S. Robbins, 1992) have suggested. The authors discussed implications and limitations of their findings.
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**p <.01.