1. What are the contributions in "Does happiness promote career success?" ?
In this article, the authors review evidence in support of an alternative hypothesis—namely, that happiness is a source of why particular employees are more successful than others.. To this end, the authors consider evidence from three types of studies—cross-sectional, longitudinal, and experimental—that relate happiness to various work outcomes.. Taken together, the evidence suggests that happiness is not only correlated with workplace success but that happiness often precedes measures of success and that induction of positive affect leads to improved workplace outcomes.
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2. What have the authors stated for future works in "Does happiness promote career success?" ?
However, further studies are needed to establish that happiness or positive affect at one point in time predicts workplace success at a subsequent point in time, after controlling for earlier levels of resources and success.. The possibility also arises that unobserved third variables may be the operative mechanism underlying the happiness–success link.. This limitation is undoubtedly due to the difficulty and expense involved with tracking participants for extended periods of time.. Again, this limitation likely owes to the difficulty or even impossibility of investigating certain outcomes in a laboratory context.
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3. What is the primary question that experimental evidence can address?
The primary question that experimental evidence can address is whether happiness, or the experience of positive emotions, brings about successful behaviors or outcomes for employees.
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4. What is the effect of the judges on the women?
The judges showed greater interest and more positive expectations of the interaction toward women who expressed genuine positive emotions.
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