The effects of perfectionism on proactive and innovative behaviors: role of psychological climate

Abstract

Purpose- This study aims to investigate the effects of perfectionism on proactive and innovative behaviors and the moderating role of psychological climate. Methodology- For the purpose of the research, the data which were collected from 190 employees who work in a textile industry as a white-collar worker by the survey method were analyzed by using partial least squares–structural equation modeling method. While conducting analysis, Smart PLS program was used by applying bootstrapping technique (5000 resample) to determine the significance levels of the proposed hypotheses. Findings- The results revealed that both positive and negative perfectionism have significant effect on proactive behavior levels of employees and also positive perfectionism has a significant effect on innovative behaviors of employees. However, it is found out that psychological climate has a moderating role between positive perfectionism and co-worker oriented proactive behaviors. In addition, it is revealed that psychological climate has a moderating role between positive perfectionism and innovative behaviors. Conclusion- The study demonstrates that perfectionism is one of the significant personality traits which considered as the determinants of the positive behaviors such as proactive, innovative and other desirable behaviors in organizations. On the other hand, this study reveals that organizational conditions have an importance role on the exhibition of positive behaviors of employees.