Grow or perish! Determinantes e consequentes do growth mindset em contexto corporativo

Abstract

The aim of this study is to find relevant constructs to Growth Mindset regarding determinants and consequences.In the literature we find the basis of how to develop a Growth Mindset and what are the advantages of adopting it in different circumstances, we do not find, however, studies about the dimensions in the corporate context, which predict it and that result. In this context, a conceptual model was designed with the most relevant dimensions to study, as determinants of the Growth Mindset, the leadership style, psychological safety, professional engagement,perfectionism and procedural and distributive justice were identified, as consequent psychological well-being, curiosity and exploitation, resilience, self-esteem and selfconfidence. It was conducted and distributed a questionnaire to evaluate the relationships.In general, the results do not show sufficient consistency or robust relationships between the Growth Mindset and the determinants and consequences. The main implication of this study is to create awareness of the complexity of evaluating the mindset and instigate the creation of a scale capable of measuring it without constraints, being possible from here to study relationships with other dimensions. Still the leadership style was the strongest determinant, for future investigations is the suggestion of working with two experimental groups using a dichotomic variable distinguishing Fix and Growth Mindset.

Date of Award	26 Jan 2023
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Sérgio Paulo de Jesus Moreira (Supervisor)