A focus on family can motivate lower-wage workers

Academy of Management — 23 July 2020

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“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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