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  • Organizational Psychology
  • Educational Psychology
  • Workplace Well-being

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  • Implicit beliefs theoretically link to individual performance in educational and organizational contexts.
  • Understanding the emotional mechanisms connecting employee mindsets to job performance is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the emotional pathways between employee mindsets (growth vs. fixed) and stress perceptions (enhancing vs. debilitating) and their impact on job performance.
  • To test the hypothesis that a combination of growth and stress-enhancing mindsets predicts positive affect and subsequent job performance.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized three-wave survey data from a diverse sample of employees across various occupations.
  • Employed statistical analysis to examine the direct and indirect relationships between mindsets, affect, and performance over time.

Main Results:

  • Employees with a growth mindset and a stress-enhancing mindset reported higher positive affect one month later.
  • Growth mindset directly and indirectly predicted job performance.
  • Stress mindset was significantly associated with positive affect but not directly with performance.

Conclusions:

  • A growth mindset and viewing stress as enhancing are linked to increased positive emotions.
  • Growth mindset is a significant predictor of job performance, mediated by positive affect.
  • The findings underscore the importance of cultivating adaptive mindsets for employee well-being and performance.