Perfectionistic Cognitions as Antecedents of Work Engagement: Personal Resources, Personal Demands, or Both?

Whereas personal resources have been established as a counterpart to external job in the Job Demands–Resources Theory, demands rather neglected. In this study, we propose that multidimensional perfectionism—in form of daily perfectionistic cognitions—is relevant characteristic for predicting work engagement addition and its interplay with time pressure common demand. 157 employees participated diary study 15 workdays. As hypothesized, multilevel regression analyses yielded positive unique effect strivings cognitions negative concerns on engagement. Furthermore, found both moderated quadratic relationship between Building dimension constitutes resource demand prediction