• J Pers Soc Psychol · Nov 2009

    Comparative Study

    The cultural effects of job mobility and the belief in a fixed world: evidence from performance forecast.

    • Jing Chen, Chi-yue Chiu, and S Fiona Chan.
    • Department of Psychology, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA. jchen@gettysburg.edu
    • J Pers Soc Psychol. 2009 Nov 1; 97 (5): 851-65.

    AbstractResults from 5 studies illustrate how perception of and experiences with low job mobility can shape culture-characteristic pattern of judgments and behaviors. Although both Americans and some Asian groups (e.g., Chinese, Asian Americans) consider having successful practitioners' personality traits (role personalities) to be important to job performance, the Asian groups place heavier emphasis on possessing role personalities when making performance forecast than do Americans (Studies 1-3). Moreover, even among Americans, a brief subjective experience with low job mobility can increase the perceived importance of possessing role personalities in performance forecast (Study 4), and a brief direct experience with low job mobility can increase job applicants' tendency to claim possession of role personality traits in job applications (Study 5). Furthermore, the belief in a fixed world mediates the relationship between perception of low job mobility and perceived importance of possessing role personalities in performance forecast (Study 2).

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