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You\u2019ve heard it before: Behind every great man is a great woman. And visa versa, as Facebook COO and \u201cLean In\u201d author Sheryl Sandberg so wisely noted at a conference for women in 2011. \u201cThe most important career choice you\u2019ll make,\u201d she said, \u201cis who you marry.\u201d Now new research confirms it. Your spouse\u2019s personality, according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, strongly influences how quickly you climb the career ladder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis is kind of the \u2018lean on\u2019 phenomenon,\u201d study author Joshua Jackson, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Washington in St. Louis, told Yahoo Health. \u201cYou lean on your spouse to help advance your career.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no surprise that your home life spills over into your work life \u2014 a phenomenon that psychologists refer to as the \u201ccrossover effect.\u201d However, the work-home connection has primarily been studied in the short term \u2014 for example, how a spat with your spouse in the morning may make your fuse a little shorter at the office throughout the day.<\/p>\n

The researchers in this case wanted to take a broader look at the connection: Specifically, how does your spouse\u2019s personality affect your workplace success? To answer this, they tracked the career progress of 4,544 married people over a period of five years, and assessed couples\u2019 division of household duties, how they spend their free time together, and their level of relationship satisfaction.<\/p>\n

The study participants also took a personality test assessing what\u2019s commonly referred to, in psychology, as the \u201cBig 5\u201d traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. \u201cThey\u2019re \u2018big\u2019 because these five constructs are supposed to define most of human individual differences \u2014 the ways we differ in terms of personality,\u201d Jackson said.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, only one spouse personality trait emerged as a significant predictor of career success: conscientiousness, which encompasses a number of positive qualities. \u201cConscientious people tend to work hard, follow rules, be orderly and organized, responsible and reliable, and they\u2019re able to control their impulses and delay gratification,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cThey understand that they\u2019re going to feel better and accomplish more just by working hard, as opposed to procrastinating.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the study, employees with a conscientiousness partner tended to make more money and receive more promotions. This was true regardless of the spouse\u2019s employment status \u2014 in other words, people\u2019s careers enjoyed a boost when they were married to a reliable person, whether their spouse stayed at home or worked. And gender wasn\u2019t a factor: Both men and women benefited from a conscientiousness significant other.<\/p>\n

Why is conscientiousness so critical? The most obvious explanation is that, if you have a reliable spouse, you\u2019ll likely feel less pressure at home \u2014 that is, he or she will absorb some of the household duties that would otherwise distract you from getting the job done at the office. The study showed, in fact, that partner conscientiousness was associated with \u201coutsourcing,\u201d or assigning domestic duties to your spouse.<\/p>\n

The benefit boils down to mental energy and time. \u201cIf you can come home after a hard day of work and not have to do a number of different tasks, then you can get the rest you need to start afresh the next day,\u201d said Jackson. \u201cYou can also take your work home, allowing you to work even harder.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outsourcing even played a role for dual-income families \u2014 not just those where one spouse stayed home. How? Working partners can still help manage finances, remember appointments, or even hire a nanny, all of which can ease your stress at home, allowing you to excel in your career.<\/p>\n

Jackson speculated that highly conscientious couples divide responsibilities according to their strengths, rather than traditional gender roles. That may make them more efficient at completing household tasks \u2014 if you enjoy your chores, they probably won\u2019t feel like work. \u201cYou\u2019re doing your specialty,\u201d he said. \u201cMaybe you\u2019re the person who cooks \u2014 and you enjoy that. You could use that task as a way to decompress after a hard day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another factor at play: Over time, your spouse\u2019s reliability may rub off on you. Psychologists widely agree that married couples tend to adopt each other\u2019s traits, especially positive ones, which means years of living with a spouse who\u2019s on top of things could eventually make you more conscientiousness. \u201cView the relationship as a new entity, a group, that\u2019s influenced by both spouses,\u201d said Jackson. \u201cIf your spouse is working hard, it kind of sets the tone. That could easily rub off on you, in terms of what is acceptable, what is prioritized within the relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, spending lots of time with a responsible person may enhance your satisfaction in the relationship, which can carry over to your attitude on the job. \u201cConscientiousness is related to happy, better relationships,\u201d explained Jackson. \u201cBetter relationships lead to better work \u2014 you\u2019re able to focus on the job instead of worry about your relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: Yahoo.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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