The Cultural Effects of Job Mobility and the Belief in a Fixed World: Evidence From Performance Forecast

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 851-865

  Chen, Jing ^a   Chiu, Chi yue ^b   Chan, S Fiona ^c  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

belief in a fixed world; cultural differences; job mobility; performance forecast

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAREER MOBILITY; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CAREER MOBILITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB APPLICATION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; ROLE; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449470558     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015950     Document Type: Article

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