Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction and Career Success

The chapter delves into the influence of small factors like problematic coworkers on job satisfaction and the importance of intelligence in predicting educational and career outcomes, especially for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. It discusses the interplay between socioeconomic status and individual differences such as intelligence and personality in determining career success, exploring various effects like independent contributions, mass effects, and resource substitution effects. The chapter emphasizes the role of intelligence in bridging the income gap for individuals from different socioeconomic backgrounds and the significance of objective evaluation criteria for leveling opportunities across diverse family backgrounds.