Should you pursue your passion as a career? Cultural differences in the emphasis on passion in career decisions
通过三项实验发现，美国人比新加坡人更认可将激情作为职业，并预期更多积极结果，这源于美国人更相信激情的内在激励作用，而新加坡人更认为激情可能带来问题。
Summary Are there cultural differences in the extent to which people believe they should follow their passion when pursuing a career? Three experiments demonstrated that people from the United States, which is a more independent culture, evaluate pursuing a passion as a career more favorably than those from Singapore, a less independent culture. When evaluating others who decided to pursue a passion (vs. a non‐passion) as a career, Americans were more likely than Singaporeans to endorse this decision, and to expect subsequent positive outcomes, such as future success and fulfillment (Studies 1–3). This difference was due to Americans' stronger belief that passions are inherently motivating (Studies 1 and 2), and to Singaporeans' stronger belief that passions can be problematic at times, such as when they conflict with obligations (Studies 2 and 3). Moreover, the extent to which participants pursued a passion as a career in their own lives predicted their life satisfaction more strongly for Americans than for Singaporeans (Study 3). These findings challenge the idea that pursuing a passion is a universally valued career philosophy and instead suggest that it is culturally constructed.