Heavy Work Investment

<p>The book deals with the concept of Heavy Work Investment (HWI) recently initiated by Snir and Harpaz. Since its introduction the interest in the general HWI model has increased considerably. The book illustrates the development of HWI conceptualization theory and research. It deals with the foremost HWI subtype of workaholism. However it also compares workaholism as a negative HWI subtype with work devotion/passion/engagement as a positive HWI subtype. Most importantly it addresses HWI in general including its possible situational subtypes. In view of Snir and Harpaz's claim that the study of situational heavy work investors is relatively scarce this certainly constitutes a promising step in the right direction. Finally it deals with timely and important topics examined by prominent international researchers on Heavy Work Investment and such issues as: personality factors of workaholism work-life balance cross-cultural similarities and differences in HWI work addiction and technology HWI and retirement and intergenerational similarity in work investment.</p>