A focus on family can motivate lower-wage workers
Academy of Management — 23 July 2020
“What motivates you in your job? Many of us think the job itself should be fulfilling or that it should pay well – but our research shows that there is yet another motivator for work: our family. If we see our job as benefiting those we care about the most, then we have more energy and perform better at work, especially when we feel the job itself is a bit dull.
So it is often those at home that serve as the inspiration for us to give our best at work – and it is work that allows us to provide the best we can for those at home. Work and family are not a balancing act – they feed off each other.” Prof. Dr. Jochen Menges
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