How future work self affects self-efficacy mechanisms in novel task performance: Applying the anchoring heuristic under uncertainty

The present study addressed the role of individuals' future work self in self-efficacy judgments in novel, challenging activity by examining the effect of activating the future work self on judging self-efficacy under anchoring effects and the relationship between self-efficacy judgments and performance. As predicted, the results show that compared with a neutral condition, activating future work selves led participants to estimate higher...