The Relationship between Workaholism and Workplace Incompatibility: The Role of Family-Work Enrichment and Gender

Background and objectives: Incompatibility in the workplace causes destructive behaviors and the desire to withdraw employees from the organization. Therefore, identifying the factors affecting its occurrence is inevitable. The present study investigated the relationship between work-related addiction and workplace incompatibility: the role of family-work enrichment and gender.

Materials and Methods: This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive correlational study in terms of method. The statistical population is 590 employees of Qom Health Center. A total of 233 samples were selected randomly according to Krejcie & Morgan sample size determining table. Data analysis was performed by Structure Equation Modeling using SPSS 25 and AMOS 18 software.

Results: Work addiction has a positive effect on incompatibility and work-family enrichment has a negative effect on it. Work addiction has a positive effect on work-family incompatibility and enrichment. Also, family-work enrichment plays a median role between work-to-work addiction and incompatibility. In addition, gender only moderates the relationship between work-related addiction and incompatibility. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that reducing workplace incompatibility can be done by considering the status of work addiction and enriching the employees' work-life and implementing methods to improve them.