Social status shapes many important aspects of people's experiences at work. Guided by research and theory on prospection, the authors tested the predictions that a) expectations of future status predict important outcomes at work independently of current status; and b) expectations of future status are based on current status and partially explain effects of current status. Eight studies using a combination of survey, experimental, and intensive longitudinal methods supported these predictions. Across these studies, expectations of future status had unique effects relative to current status and partially explained the effects of current status on behavioral outcomes (i.e., task performance, organizational citizenship behavior), motivational and affective outcomes (i.e., work engagement, turnover intentions, and learning, performance, and helping motivation), and psychological well-being. Furthermore, several of these responses predicted changes in status over time, and they elicited status conferral by others, suggesting that expectations of future status may elicit responses that confirm those expectations. Status may be consequential for people's work lives, in part, because it shapes how people construe the future. Implications are discussed.

社会地位塑造了人们工作经历的许多重要方面。在前景研究和理论的指导下，作者测试了以下预测：a）对未来状态的期望可以独立于当前状态预测工作中的重要结果；b) 对未来状况的预期基于当前状况并部分解释当前状况的影响。八项研究结合了调查、实验和强化纵向方法，支持了这些预测。在这些研究中，对未来状态的期望相对于当前状态具有独特的影响，并部分解释了当前状态对行为结果（即任务绩效、组织公民行为）、动机和情感结果（即工作投入、离职意向、以及学习、表现和帮助动机）以及心理健康。此外，其中一些反应预测了随着时间的推移地位的变化，并且它们引起了其他人授予的地位，这表明对未来地位的期望可能会引起确认这些期望的反应。地位可能对人们的工作生活产生重要影响，部分原因是它决定了人们如何看待未来。讨论了影响。