Elena Mugurița RADU, Maria Claudia IONESCU
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perfectionism, procrastination, organisational context
Although negative implications of perfectionism (a multidimensional personality trait characterized by a person's striving for perfection and setting high performance standards, accompanied by both critical self-evaluations and a preoccupation with evaluating others) are well documented in clinical contexts, in folk psychology employees’ striving for perfection is considered a desirable flaw, because in the organisational setting perfectionism is often perceived as a positive trait leading to increased professional performance. Research has highlighted both the positive and the negative side of the concept. Like perfectionism, procrastination has become a worrying issue, as it is often described as a harmful, unpleasant, dysfunctional phenomenon, the frequency of which seems to be increasing. The present research aims to investigate the relationship between perfectionism and procrastination at work in an organisational context. The study was carried out on a group of 110 participants, employed in sales organisations. The results identified significant relationships between perfectionism and procrastination at work, which may have implications on professional performance and on other individual and organisational variables.
Cite this paper: Radu, E.M., Ionescu, M.C. (2025). PERFECTIONISM AND PROCRASTINATION AT WORK. Current Trends in Natural Sciences, 14(28), 141-150. https://doi.org/10.47068/ctns.2025.v14i28.014
