[행복연구센터][행복] Enjoyment Versus Competence Trade-Off: Happy People Value Enjoyment Over Competence More Than Unhappy People. Journal of Happiness Studies, 1-23.

2021-11-18

Enjoyment Versus Competence Trade-Off: Happy People Value Enjoyment Over Competence More Than Unhappy People. Journal of Happiness Studies, 1-23.


Mina Jyung1 · Incheol Choi1 · Yerin Shim2

Accepted: 13 February 2021 / Published online: 2 April 2021

© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2021

Abstract

Do people prefer a job that promotes feelings of enjoyment, or of competence? The present research examined the role of individuals’ happiness in choosing the type of work to engage in when selecting between two characteristics of the work—enjoyment and perceived competence. Studies 1, 2, and 3 revealed that happier people are more likely to value (Study 1) and to choose (Studies 2 and 3) work they enjoy over work in which they expect high competence. In Study 3, a direct manipulation of happiness increased preference for enjoyment, but not for competence. Finally, Study 4 found that happy people, when compared with their unhappy counterparts, retain their jobs because they enjoy doing their work. Together, the fndings suggest that happiness leads people to place more weight on enjoyment than on competence in the enjoyment-competence trade-of context.

Keywords Happiness · Enjoyment · Competence · Work · Career choice · Decision making



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