Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Taxonomies of entrepreneurial behaviour -- 3. Why do individuals want to be entrepreneurs? -- 4. Issues for entrepreneurial intention research -- 5. Commercial entrepreneurial intention -- 6. Intrapreneurial intention -- 7. Social entrepreneurial...

Purpose – There is a lack of theoretical development on the question of why people work long hours and the nature of “workaholism”. This paper seeks to demonstrate a variety of reasons that induce a person to work “excessively”. Design/methodology/approach – This paper discerns three...