Given the results of previous empirical research and theoretical writings, we
expected that perfectionism and negative affect would be significantly related to
workaholism scores. Also, we anticipated that workaholism would be associated
with low life satisfaction. Beyond this, the study was primarily exploratory in
nature with no other specific hypotheses being offered. We did not conceptualize
(or test for) workaholism as a dependent variable as in previous research (e.g.,
Brady et al. 2008). Consequently, we used a path analysis to help identify the
sequence of relationships, or chain of events, among the variables in the present
study. The state of the literature on workaholism inhibits the ability to make predictions
about the numerous paths between variables that may emerge. A path
analysis approach is congruent with the proposition that workaholism is a syndrome
that develops across time and has many antecedents and consequences
(Piotrowski & Vodanovich, 2006).