Workaholism: the New Challenge of Human Resource Management

Contrary to the most job applicants in Iran that haven't been involved with their jobs, physicians spend a large amount of time with high efficiency. Continuous hard work in clinic, college and hospital, is very stressful and it is very astonishing that physicians spend a large amount of time in such workplaces. This paper explains workaholic behaviors of physicians and their causes. Population is included physicians and professionals that work simultaneously in clinic, college and hospital. The results of the research exhibit that there is a significant correlation between personality characteristics of physicians and their workaholism. Results indicate the significant and positive causal relationship between internal locus of control, self efficacy and narcissism and negative causal relationship external locus of control with workaholism.