Int. J. Business Excellence, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2018 289 Copyright © 2018 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Workaholism and bank employees’ well-being: an inside look Jyoti Sharma* School of Business, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Satya Bhawan 67 B/B, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu 180003 (J&K), India Email: 2jyotisharma@gmail.com *Corresponding author Parul Sharma School of Management, Model Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kot Bhalwal, Jammu, J&K, India Email: parulkotwal2826@gmail.com Email: parul.mba@mietjammu.in Abstract: The present study has been designed to examine the impact of different components of workaholism on employee well-being both at professional and personal front. Data was collected from 100 employees working in public and private sector banks of Jammu (India). Six dependent variables, namely, work to family interference, family to work interference, career satisfaction, family satisfaction, job satisfaction and mental, spiritual and emotional well-being were regressed with working excessively, working compulsively, overwork and combined workaholism (working excessively and working compulsively). The composition has identified that work to family interference and family to work interference is positively correlated with working excessively and combined workaholism whereas, family satisfaction and mental, spiritual and emotional well-being is negatively correlated with combined workaholism and working excessively workaholism. The study has also revealed that job satisfaction and career satisfaction were positively correlated with working compulsively workaholism while family satisfaction is positively correlated with overwork. Keywords: working compulsively; banks; working excessively; combined workaholics; multiple regression; work to family interference; family to work interference; career satisfaction; family satisfaction; job satisfaction; mental, spiritual and emotional well-being. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Sharma, J. and Sharma, P. (2018) ‘Workaholism and bank employees’ well-being: an inside look’, Int. J. Business Excellence, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp.289–307. Biographical notes: Jyoti Sharma is working as an Associate Professor in the School of Business, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University. She has more than 38 research papers in her credit in various esteemed journals including Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Indian Journal of Labor Economics, Vision, Management Review, Decision, International Journal of Organisation Analysis, International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, etc. She completed four research projects and has organised various training programmes for corporate, faculty and students.