Relation between Perfectionism and Workaholism among Staff Nurses

Abstract

Background: Perfectionism is striving towards achievement and experiencing pride in accomplishments which include high-performance expectations with low levels of negative self-evaluation. Also, it had a significant effect on workaholism. Aim: This study aimed to assess the relation between Perfectionism and Workaholism among staff nurses. Design: A descriptive correlational research study was used to conduct this study. Setting: The study was conducted at five University Hospitals. Subjects: The study subjects were selected by disproportionate stratified sampling technique, randomly of 100 staff nurses from each hospital from the total included 500 staff nurses. Data collection tools: two tools were used for data collection, the first one, The Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS), and the second, the Dutch Workaholism Scale (DUWAS). Results: Most staff nurses had a high level of total perfectionism in all dimensions. Furthermore, slightly more than half of staff nurses were relaxed workers, some of them were hard workers and some of them were workaholics. Meanwhile, only a few of them were compulsive workers. Conclusion: There are moderate positive statistical correlations between Perfectionism and workaholism. Recommendations: Stressing the importance that nurses should be guaranteed an adequate and balanced workload. Additionally, organizations could identify and detect the presence of workaholism among their workers which could propose specific interventions for them. __________________________________________