Linking Irrational Beliefs with Well-Being at Work: The Role of Fulfilling Performance Expectations

Ferdinando Paolo Santarpia (), Emma Bodoasca, Giulia Cantonetti, Donato Ferri and Laura Borgogni
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Ferdinando Paolo Santarpia: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine & Psychology Sapienza, University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy
Emma Bodoasca: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine & Psychology Sapienza, University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy
Giulia Cantonetti: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine & Psychology Sapienza, University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy
Donato Ferri: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine & Psychology Sapienza, University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy
Laura Borgogni: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine & Psychology Sapienza, University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 23, 1-17

Abstract: This study explored the association between irrational beliefs—i.e., rigid, unrealistic, and illogical convictions that people hold—and well-being at work. In detail, we tested whether secondary irrational beliefs (i.e., self-depreciation, low frustration tolerance, and awfulizing) displayed both common and unique associations with well-being. Furthermore, we investigated whether the perceived degree of performance expectations’ fulfillment mediate such associations. Data were collected on a sample of 3576 employees from companies providing business and consulting services. Results showed that the general irrationality factor and awfulizing were negatively associated with well-being, both directly and indirectly (via a lower degree of performance expectations’ fulfillment). Low frustration tolerance was positively related with the performance expectations’ fulfillment, which, in turn, fully mediated its association with well-being. Self-depreciation did not relate to our outcomes. The study contributes to the advancement of irrational beliefs literature as it is the first to disentangle the common and unique associations they have with well-being at work and identified the perceived fulfillment of performance expectations as a relevant mediating mechanism in the workplace. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Keywords: irrational beliefs; performance; well-being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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