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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
Working Drains or Fuels Motivation? the Answer Depends on Your Lay Theory
- Jiting Liu
Stanford University - Jinghan Wang
Cornell University - Yuheng Chen
San Francisco Art Institute - Tianfeng Liang
Chinese Central Academy of Fine Arts - Pufan Huang
Stanford University - Xingyu Li
Stanford University
Abstract
Working on one’s business projects, educational tasks, or exercise routines can feel exhausting for some people, but energizing for others. In two studies, we measured and manipulated people’s lay theory (mindset) of work and found that it predicted people’s post-work motivation.
Motivation
