Your Care Mitigates My Ego Depletion: Why and When Perfectionists Show Incivility Toward Coworkers

Drawing on ego depletion theory and trait activation theory, this study examines why and when employee perfectionism personality is linked with incivility toward coworkers. The study indulges ego depletion as a mediator between perfectionism personality and incivility toward coworkers, with coworker...

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Autores principales:	Muhammad Ali Hussain, Lu Chen, Lusi Wu
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	self-oriented perfectionism other-oriented perfectionism incivility ego depletion empathic concern Psychology BF1-990
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/e1f1deec18a842a1b954ea18c5602c50
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e1f1deec18a842a1b954ea18c5602c502021-11-11T04:55:33ZYour Care Mitigates My Ego Depletion: Why and When Perfectionists Show Incivility Toward Coworkers1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.746205https://doaj.org/article/e1f1deec18a842a1b954ea18c5602c502021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.746205/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078Drawing on ego depletion theory and trait activation theory, this study examines why and when employee perfectionism personality is linked with incivility toward coworkers. The study indulges ego depletion as a mediator between perfectionism personality and incivility toward coworkers, with coworker empathic concern moderating the relationship between perfectionism personality and ego depletion. A three-waved questionnaire was incorporated with sample of 253 employee-coworker dyads. Our findings demonstrate that dimensions of perfectionism personality are positively associated with incivility toward coworkers. In addition, our study confirms that ego depletion mediates the relationship between self-oriented perfectionism, other-oriented perfectionism, and incivility toward coworkers. Furthermore, our study shows that high levels of coworker empathic concern weakens the direct effect of self-oriented perfectionism on ego depletion along with the indirect effect of self-oriented perfectionism on incivility toward coworkers. Theoretical and practical implications of the study are discussed in the organizational context.Muhammad Ali HussainLu ChenLu ChenLusi WuFrontiers Media S.A.articleself-oriented perfectionismother-oriented perfectionismincivilityego depletionempathic concernPsychologyBF1-990ENFrontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
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description	Drawing on ego depletion theory and trait activation theory, this study examines why and when employee perfectionism personality is linked with incivility toward coworkers. The study indulges ego depletion as a mediator between perfectionism personality and incivility toward coworkers, with coworker empathic concern moderating the relationship between perfectionism personality and ego depletion. A three-waved questionnaire was incorporated with sample of 253 employee-coworker dyads. Our findings demonstrate that dimensions of perfectionism personality are positively associated with incivility toward coworkers. In addition, our study confirms that ego depletion mediates the relationship between self-oriented perfectionism, other-oriented perfectionism, and incivility toward coworkers. Furthermore, our study shows that high levels of coworker empathic concern weakens the direct effect of self-oriented perfectionism on ego depletion along with the indirect effect of self-oriented perfectionism on incivility toward coworkers. Theoretical and practical implications of the study are discussed in the organizational context.
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title	Your Care Mitigates My Ego Depletion: Why and When Perfectionists Show Incivility Toward Coworkers
title_short	Your Care Mitigates My Ego Depletion: Why and When Perfectionists Show Incivility Toward Coworkers
title_full	Your Care Mitigates My Ego Depletion: Why and When Perfectionists Show Incivility Toward Coworkers
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Your Care Mitigates My Ego Depletion: Why and When Perfectionists Show Incivility Toward Coworkers

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