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Perfectionism and workaholism in employees: The role of work motivation
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Metadata
- Authors
- Stoeber, J., Davis, C. R., & Townley, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Kent (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Stoeber, Joachim
- ORCID
- Stoeber, Joachim
- Venue
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-10
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 733-738
- ISSN
- 0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2025697889
- Cited by
- 159
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 3
- FWCI
- 10.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- Personality and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
- Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Workplace Health and Well-being
- Keywords
- perfectionism, workaholism, employee motivation, self-oriented perfectionism, socially prescribed perfectionism, autonomous motivation, identified regulation, introjected regulation, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, mediation
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