How Pride Influences Perfectionism: The moderating Role of Self-Enhancement Motives

Abstract

By utilizing Affective events theory, we examined the combined effects of pride and self-enhancement motives on perfectionism. Adopting a time lagged research design, we collected data at two different time intervals from the service sector employees of twin cities in Pakistan. Using process-macro technique, our finding showed the direct positive association between pride and perfectionism. We also found the moderating role of self-enhancement motives between pride and perfectionism. The results supported our direct and moderation hypotheses, proving that pride is positively associated with perfectionism and in case of high levels of self-enhancement motives, this positive association is strengthened.