{
  "title": "In Basel, should managers encourage perfectionism?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/a-bale-faut-il-encourager-le-perfectionnisme-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2024-07-26",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Perfectionism is often treated as a guarantee of quality. Research suggests distinguishing professional ambition from a form of self-evaluation that never allows work to be good enough.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Psychosocial Risks",
  "place": {
    "name": "Basel",
    "region": "Bâle-Ville",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "In their meta-analysis, Andrew P."
    },
    {
      "heading": "When quality becomes a continuous evaluation of the self",
      "point": "Christina Maslach, Wilmar B."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that standards should be lowered to protect health."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot settle",
      "point": "The meta-analysis covers several activity domains and is not an intervention trial in Basel companies."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Basel",
      "point": "As part of SHR’s “[Psychosocial Risks](/formation-risques-psychosociaux-bale)” programme, a Basel team could test a simple rule for four weeks: before producing a recurring deliverable, record its acceptance criteria and the person authorised to approve it, without changing mandatory checks."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Curran",
      "year": "2016",
      "source": "Personality and Social Psychology Review"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Leiter",
      "year": "2001",
      "source": "Annual Review of Psychology"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 433,
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  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation-risques-psychosociaux-bale",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/bale",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
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  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}