Beyond “good enough”: Maximizing tendencies, academic performance, and satisfaction

Pingying Zhang; Debbie Wang; Nada Kakabadse

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2026.114008

Beyond “good enough”: Maximizing tendencies, academic performance, and satisfaction

Pingying Zhang
, Debbie Wang
, Nada Kakabadse

University of North Florida

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Original language	English
Article number	114008
Journal	Personality and Individual Differences
Volume	263
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2026.114008
State	Published - Dec 2026
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

General Psychology

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Academic performance
Academic satisfaction
Decision tendency
Maximizing
Satisficing

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