Grit and Work Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: Grit, defined as perseverance of effort and consistency of interest, has attracted attention as a predictor of success in various fields beyond IQ and the Big Five personality dimension of Conscientiousness. The purpose of the current study was to examine previously uninvestigated questions regarding grit using a cross-sectional design among a large number of working adults in Japan. First, we tested geographical generalizability of associations between grit and orientations towards happiness by comparing previous studies in the U.S. and the current study in Japan. It was confirmed that orientation towards meaning rather than orientation towards engagement had a stronger positive correlation with grit in our sample of Japanese people. This result is inconsistent with previous studies in th

SUBMITTER: Suzuki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4559397 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature