| Institution: | 1. Research School of Management, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia;2. Centre for Global Business, Monash Business School, Melbourne, VC, Australia;3. School of Labor and Employment Relations and Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia;4. UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia |
| Abstract: | The pursuit of perfectionism resonates with many individuals across workplaces resulting in a recent flurry of research on the topic. Although extant research has examined the costs and benefits of perfectionism at work, these efforts are scattered across multiple disciplines and utilize varying conceptualizations. As a result, we lack a coherent understanding of how perfectionism influences work behavior. To address this issue, we integrate the nascent but fragmented perfectionism at work literature, including both empirical findings and theoretical perspectives. We introduce and discuss a future research agenda that addresses not only the need to broaden understanding of perfectionism's antecedents, processes, and boundary conditions but also its multilevel applications and methodological limitations. Our review will enable organizational scholars to develop a deeper understanding of how perfectionism renders its influence in the workplace. |
