The impact of perfectionism on work attitudes and behavior

Title: The impact of perfectionism on work attitudes and behavior
Identifier: d_2009_2013:124611ff1e30:10204
identifier: 10482
Creator: Monck, Luke,
Contributor: Abraham K. Korman
Date: 2009
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Occupational psychology | Personality psychology | Burnout | Organizational Psychology | Perfectionism | Personality | Work Stress
Abstract: The two studies presented represent one of the first systematic investigations of perfectionism in the workplace since Burns (1980). In study one, 196 employed students served as participants. Perfectionism was negatively related to facets of job satisfaction and positively related to constructs indicative of negative experiences at work including facets of work strain, burnout, and personal alienation. The second study, which used 52 management consultants as participants, found perfectionism positively related to supervisory-rated OCB conscientiousness. This result was interpreted as illustrating that, rather than serving a satisfaction-reciprocation function, OCB serves an anxiety-reduction function for perfectionists allowing them to compensate for perceived "failures" on the job. Implications for the organizational psychology, perfectionism, and regulatory focus literature are discussed.
Type: dissertation
Source: 2009_2013.csv
degree: Ph.D.
Program: Psychology