Abstract

Background: Workaholism phenomenon is most commonly observed in the jobs that require a high amount of mental and physical energy of employees, and can cause positive and negative consequences. The present study was aimed to study the relationship between workaholism and personality factors among nurses working in teaching hospitals of Sanandaj city. Methods: This study is descriptive-cross sectional analysis study. The population study consisted of 500 nurses working in different wards of training hospitals of Sanandaj city, which among those, 218 nurses were randomly selected. Data collection tools consisted of a three parts-questionnaire that includes demographic characteristics, Spence and Robbins workaholism questionnaire, and Neo Zhang questionnaires for measuring personality factors. The obtained data were analyzed by Spss software (version 16) using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The results showed that more than 50 of nurses had high level of workaholism. In this regard, the most common workaholism was attributed to inner desire to job. Among the personality factors, the responsibility in nurses was found to be the greatest common factor. In general, there was an inverse relationship between workaholism and personality factors. Conclusion: Results indicated that there was a high level of workaholism among nurses. So, managers should pay more attention to personality factors of nurses, and consider these factorsin the delegate tasks.