{
  "title": "Zurich: demanding quality without creating fear of mistakes",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/zurich-exigence-de-qualite-ou-peur-de-erreur-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2025-02-26",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "High quality standards and fear of mistakes are not interchangeable. Research on perfectionism suggests distinguishing what management asks for from how work is evaluated.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Psychosocial Risks",
  "place": {
    "name": "Zurich",
    "region": "Zurich",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Andrew P."
    },
    {
      "heading": "When quality becomes persistent doubt",
      "point": "Randy O."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One conclusion would be to ask teams to lower their standards."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot determine",
      "point": "The meta-analysis brings together research from several domains, not just work; its associations do not prove that a management style causes burnout."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Zurich",
      "point": "As part of SHR’s “[Psychosocial Risks](/formation-risques-psychosociaux-zurich)” programme, a Zurich team can test an explicit sign-off rule for one month on a category of recurring deliverables: mandatory criteria met, a named decision owner and specific conditions for reopening approval."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Curran",
      "year": "2016",
      "source": "Personality and Social Psychology Review"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Rosenblate",
      "year": "1990",
      "source": "Cognitive Therapy and Research"
    }
  ],
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  "relatedPages": {
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  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}