Management Seminar: Elinor Flynn

Elinor Flynn works on diversity, gender, emotions, inequality, and decision-making. Check out her impressive CV (https://elinorflynn.com/)! She has published in AMJ, JAP, JOM, and has studied and worked at Princeton, NYU, Irvine, Wharton.

The title of the paper to be presented is “How Being Motivated by Money versus Meaning Shapes Affective Forecasting Accuracy for Early Job Seekers“

Prior literature suggests individuals select jobs that best fit their values and goals, which predicts job satisfaction. Yet there is reason to question whether in fact early job seekers are able to accurately anticipate how satisfied they will be with the jobs they choose. Research on affective forecasting consistently shows that people often mispredict how they will feel in the future. Moreover, research shows extrinsic motivation is associated with lower well-being, which suggests extrinsically motivated job seekers may be especially inaccurate in their forecasting when making job choices. Thus, the goal of this project was to investigate whether work motivation predicts affective forecasting (in)accuracy and, in turn, the consequences for regret, organizational attitudes, and future job decisions.

This is an open seminar. Please e-mail staffan.alsparr@hhs.se if you want to attend.