APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
Treat Life As an Experiment: An Experimental Mindset Predicts the Navigation of an Uncertain Job Market
- Lining Sun
National University of Singapore - Patricia Chen
National University of Singapore - Bernard Tan
National University of Singapore - Pradeep Krishnan
National University of Singapore - ChangJun Goh
National University of Singapore
Abstract
An experimental mindset is an orientation towards approaching challenging or unfamiliar situations through iterative experimenting. This novel mindset predicts adaptive reactions to an uncertain job market, including the willingness to embrace uncertain work tasks, and positive feelings towards and willingness to start over in a brand-new field when facing retrenchment.
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