Perfectionism, Interactional Justice and Job Performance: A Trait Activation Perspective
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Background and Hypothesis Development
2.1. Perfectionism and Job Performance
2.2. Perfectionism, Interactional Justice and Job Performance
3. Method
3.1. Participants and Procedures
3.2. Measures
4. Results
5. Discussion
5.1. Overall Findings
5.2. Theoretical and Practical Implications
5.3. Limitations and Future Research
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Mean | S. D. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30.64 | 4.78 | |||||||||
| 1.41 | 0.49 | −0.39 *** | ||||||||
| 4.77 | 0.81 | 0.13 | −0.25 ** | (0.84) | ||||||
| 4.32 | 0.67 | 0.12 | −0.10 | 0.21 * | (0.84) | |||||
| 4.08 | 0.67 | 0.06 | −0.02 | 0.12 | 0.53 *** | (0.82) | ||||
| 5.18 | 0.84 | −0.03 | −0.01 | 0.44 *** | 0.53 *** | 0.44 *** | (0.93) | |||
| 5.38 | 1.08 | −0.07 | 0.10 | 0.15 | −0.03 | −0.09 | 0.18 | (0.94) | ||
| 5.84 | 0.81 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.25 ** | 0.38 *** | (0.92) | |
| 5.62 | 0.75 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0.33 *** | 0.78 *** | (0.90) |
Variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Step 1: Control variables b | ||||
Age | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.11 |
Gender | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
Conscientiousness | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Other-oriented perfectionism | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.12 |
Socially prescribed perfectionism | −0.08 | −0.13 | −0.07 | −0.05 |
Step 2: Main effect | ||||
Self-oriented perfectionism (SOP) | 0.24 * | 0.16 | 0.11 | |
Step 3: Main effect | ||||
Interactional justice | 0.35 *** | 0.36 *** | ||
Step 4: Moderating effect | ||||
SOP × Interactional justice | −0.16 † | |||
Overall F | 1.36 | 1.84 † | 4.04 ** | 4.06 *** |
R2 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.17 |
F change | 4.06 * | 15.82 *** | 3.55 † | |
R2 change | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.02 |
Variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Step 1: Control variables b | ||||
Age | 0.17 † | 0.19 † | 0.20 * | 0.21 * |
Gender | 0.25 * | 0.23 * | 0.20 * | 0.20 * |
Conscientiousness | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.03 | −0.03 |
Other-oriented perfectionism | 0.03 | −0.06 | −0.03 | −0.01 |
Socially prescribed perfectionism | 0.00 | −0.04 | 0.01 | 0.04 |
Step 2: Main effect | ||||
Self-oriented perfectionism (SOP) | 0.22 † | 0.15 | 0.10 | |
Step 3: Main effect | ||||
Interactional justice | 0.31 ** | 0.31 ** | ||
Step 4: Moderating effect | ||||
SOP × Interactional justice | −0.18 * | |||
Overall F | 1.49 | 1.84 † | 3.38 ** | 3.60 ** |
R2 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.15 |
F change | 3.43 † | 11.59 ** | 4.42 * | |
R2 change | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.03 |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Myungsun, Seckyoung Loretta Kim, Seung Yeon Son, and Seokhwa Yun. 2022. "Perfectionism, Interactional Justice and Job Performance: A Trait Activation Perspective" Sustainability 14, no. 3: 1117. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031117
APA StyleKim, M., Kim, S. L., Son, S. Y., & Yun, S. (2022). Perfectionism, Interactional Justice and Job Performance: A Trait Activation Perspective. Sustainability, 14(3), 1117. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031117