iAfrica.com: Dealing with workaholism

“Workaholism has a profoundly negative impact not only on the mental and physical health of managers, but also their professional and social relationships, according to new research.”

“The South African professional culture is most unique in that the present generation of managers has to deal with trade-union negotiations, affirmative action and black economic empowerment and fluctuating interest rates and rand dollar exchanges in addition to their daily managerial duties. In terms of this culture, people are required to work extremely hard. Today’s generation of managers has been bred in a competitive world in which the prescriptions of the professional and working environment, and not the discretion of the individual, dictate the norm.”