Identifying and Explaining the Factors Affecting Perfectionism in Managers

The aim of present study was to identify and explain the factors affecting perfectionism in managers, coaches and professional athletes in Iran. The present study was applied in terms of nature and descriptive-exploratory in terms of analysis method and survey in terms of research method. The statistical population of the study included all university experts in the field of organizational behavior in the qualitative section and all athletes, coaches and managers of professional sports in Iran in the quantitative section. Purposeful and convenient sampling method was used in the qualitative section. Accordingly, 15 experienced professors of the university were interviewed. The statistical sample in the quantitative section was determined to be 353 people using Morgan table, which 374 questionnaires without defects were returned and these 374 questionnaires were used as a final sample in data analysis. In the qualitative section, data were collected using qualitative interviews with elites, and in the quantitative section, they were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. The results of Friedman test showed that according to the mean ranks, the variable of individual factors has the highest rank, and the environmental variable, interpersonal and organizational has the lowest rank among the variables. The results also revealed that the model of factors affecting perfectionism in managers, coaches and professional athletes of Iran had a desirable fit. The results also showed that there is no significant difference between the perfectionism levels of managers, coaches and professional athletes in Iran.