The effect of student-age academic and sports competitions on workplace competitions

Abstract

These days, competitions are becoming part of our lives. Including tests for pupils and competitive situations at the workplace between employees, we have to face challenges that require an organization to select its best people, or perhaps its weakest ones. Some have grown accustomed to these situations in childhood, while others try to avoid challenging situations. The present study explores how the academic and sports competitions that a person participated in as a student influence experiences in adult life related to workplace competition, and if there is any correlation between the two situations. We examined the motivations that result in participation in childhood competitions and also to what extent these remain and show their effect in workplace environments. We differentiated between internal and external motivators, then we studied what type of motivations can be tied to the personality of the respondents in childhood and adulthood. The results show that there is a correlation between competition experiences in student age and the motivations involved in workplace competition situations later in adult life.