{"id":6678,"date":"2014-11-04T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/?p=6678"},"modified":"2014-11-04T06:43:41","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T11:43:41","slug":"success-at-work-maybe-its-your-spouses-personality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/2014\/11\/success-at-work-maybe-its-your-spouses-personality.html","title":{"rendered":"Success at Work? Maybe It’s Your Spouse’s Personality!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ID-100107957\"<\/a>Dave is getting a promotion. His boss is impressed with his hard work. But could Dave’s work success be related to his wife’s conscientious\u00a0personality?<\/p>\n

Possibly! Your spouse might influence your career.<\/p>\n

Conscientious, hard-working, agreeable….are these traits you list on your THINGS TO LOOK FOR IN A SPOUSE? Most of us probably don’t consider these traits when it comes to our own work success. After all, our spouse\u00a0doesn’t go to work with us. What could he or she possibly have to do with our success?<\/p>\n

More than you might think because\u00a0what happens behind those closed doors at home\u00a0matters!<\/p>\n

Researchers at\u00a0Washington University in St. Louis published a study in Psychological Science<\/em>\u00a0that looked at the influence of a spouse on career success.\u00a0They found that spouses\u00a0who were conscientious and created a satisfying home life influenced their partner’s future job satisfaction, promotion and income.<\/p>\n

In other words, home life affects your job performance. You might be thinking, “Well, yes, we all sort of know\u00a0that,” but your\u00a0intimate relationship shapes you in ways that you\u00a0might not think about. For example, researchers are thinking that if\u00a0you have a spouse who models hard work, \u00a0it rub off on you.<\/p>\n

Or how about the idea that when your conscientious other gets a lot accomplished at the home front, he\/she frees up more time for you to couple and do other things?<\/p>\n

Or maybe marrying someone who is conscientious means you have better overall relationships.<\/p>\n

Whatever\u00a0the case, spouses who are agreeable, open, extraverted and conscientious help their partners\u00a0at work despite their lack of physical presence.<\/p>\n

So when you look for a spouse, find a conscientious one. It just might propel your career in a more positive direction.<\/p>\n

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