Is it Worth the Hustle? A Multi-Country Replication of the Effort Moralization Effect and an Extension to Generational Differences in the Appreciation of Effortuse asterix (*) to get italics

Tassilo T. Tissot, Leopold H. O. RothPlease use the format "First name initials family name" as in "Marie S. Curie, Niels H. D. Bohr, Albert Einstein, John R. R. Tolkien, Donna T. Strickland"

2024

<p>Inferring the character of individuals is an adaptive need for partner and mating decisions as well as to avoid harm. The effort moralization effect is the finding that people who exert more effort in a task are seen as more moral, even if higher effort does not enhance the outcome (e.g., higher performance or better quality). We aim to replicate this effect, based on Celniker et al. (2023, Study 6), in countries not yet included in this research (Germany and Mexico). Furthermore, drawing on discussions around workforce participation (see ‘great resignation’, or ‘quiet quitting’) that criticize the supposedly lower work ethic of younger individuals (e.g., the so-called Gen Z), we will examine whether lower effort moralization is observed as a function of age (including non-linear terms). This will allow us to examine whether younger generations do indeed moralize ineffective effort less than older generations.<br>[remainder will be completed in Stage 2]</p>

effort moralization; generation effect; replication; multi-country; work ethic

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Social sciences

Ignazio Ziano suggested: Qinyu xiao at University of Vienna ( can't remember email), Jared Celniker suggested: Warren Tierney, Jared Celniker suggested: Eric Uhlmann, eric.uhlmann@insead.edu No need for them to be recommenders of PCI Registered Reports. Please do not suggest reviewers for whom there might be a conflict of interest. Reviewers are not allowed to review preprints written by close colleagues (with whom they have published in the last four years, with whom they have received joint funding in the last four years, or with whom they are currently writing a manuscript, or submitting a grant proposal), or by family members, friends, or anyone for whom bias might affect the nature of the review - see the code of conduct

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