The Relative Contribution of Organizational Narcissism in Predicting ‎Workaholism among‏ ‏A Sample of Employees in Some Petroleum ‎Companies in Suez Governorate ‎

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Psychology Department Faculty of Arts Alexandria University

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     The current research aimed to detect the relationship between organizational narcissism and workaholism, illustrate the contribution of organizational narcissism in predicting workaholism, and determine the presence of statistically significant differences between males and females in workaholism. The research was conducted on a sample of (200) of employees in some petroleum companies in Suez Governorate (125 males & 75 females) whose ages ranged between (27) and (54) years. The tools were Organizational Narcissism Scale (ONS) by Hamedoğlu & Potas (2012) and Work Addiction Risk Test (WART) by Robinson (1999) which have been translated to Arabic and standardized on Egyptian participants by the researcher. The results stated high positive correlation between organizational narcissism and workaholism. The research also emphasized on the relative contribution of organizational narcissism in predicting workaholism. And finally, there were statistically significant differences between males and females in workaholism in favor of males.

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