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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Cross-Cultural Psychology

Background:

  • Grit, defined as perseverance of effort and consistency of interest, is a recognized predictor of success.
  • Its associations with happiness orientations and work engagement require further investigation, particularly across different cultures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine grit's associations with happiness orientations and work engagement in a Japanese working adult sample.
  • To test the geographical generalizability of previous findings on grit.
  • To identify novel predictors of grit.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study design.
  • Involved a large sample of working adults in Japan.
  • Statistical analysis of grit, happiness orientations (meaning, engagement), Big Five personality traits, and work engagement.

Main Results:

  • In Japanese adults, orientation towards meaning showed a stronger positive correlation with grit than orientation towards engagement, contrasting with U.S. findings.
  • Openness to Experience was newly identified as positively associated with grit.
  • Grit strongly predicted work engagement and performance, similar to academic performance predictions.

Conclusions:

  • Cultural factors may influence the relationship between grit and happiness orientations.
  • Openness to Experience is a relevant personality correlate of grit.
  • Grit is a significant predictor of work engagement and performance in the Japanese context.