@article{1c4f3a3e8efe4512929dcda3eaa70ead,
title = "Overachieving and obsessive behavior as signaling devices under career concern",
abstract = "This paper provides an economic rationale for overachieving behavior in nonprofessional activities in the labor market. The intrinsically motivated worker uses his achievement in nonprofessional activity to signal his work ethic. When the worker's career concern is weak, he exerts no extra effort on nonprofessional activity. When the worker's career concern is strong, however, his effort level for the nonprofessional activity can go beyond the bliss point. With a very strong career concern, an obsessive behavior can arise in equilibrium, as the intrinsically motivated worker may choose to sacrifice the professional activity for the nonprofessional one in an earlier stage of his career.",
keywords = "career concern, obsession, overachievement, signaling",
author = "Alexander Rodivilov and Dongsoo Shin and Xiaojian Zhao",
note = "Funding Information: Overachievers often prevail in the market economy in modern times. A typical image of overachievers is that they do it all, and they excel in all – on top of their professional activities, they do voluntary work at nonprofit organizations, run marathons, participate in the triathlon, exercise frantically in extreme sports, and enjoy exotic hobbies. Overachieving behavior is often associated with positive characteristics, such as being driven or passionate, but also with less positive characteristics such as being obsessed or infatuated.1 All these characteristics have a * Alexander Rodivilov: Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken (NJ), USA; Dong-soo Shin (corresponding author): Santa Clara University, Santa Clara (CA), USA; Xiao-jian Zhao: Monash University, Clayton (VIC), Australia. The authors thank Ralph-C. Bayer and the two anonymous referees for their valuable comments. Financial support from the Leavey Grant at Santa Clara University is acknowledged. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 Mohr Siebeck.",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1628/jite-2022-0015",
language = "English",
volume = "178",
pages = "311--331",
journal = "Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics",
issn = "0932-4569",
publisher = "Mohr Siebeck",
number = "4",
}