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In a number of studies, researchers interested in positive organizational behavior have sought to better understand the favorable aspects of work engagement--a pervasive state of emotional attachment and motivation toward work. In this study, however, we investigate a potentially negative...
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The paper explores the problem of motivation in organizations. This problem arises because people may prefer to pursue their own interest instead of the firm's common goals (the two underlying forces in any organization). First, the most representative economic proposals to motivate people are...
- Enriching or Depleting? The Dynamics of Engagement in Work and Family Roles. Rothbard, Nancy P. // Administrative Science Quarterly;Dec2001, Vol. 46 Issue 4, p655
This study develops a model of engagement in the multiple roles of work and family. I examine two competing arguments about the effects of engaging in multiple roles, depletion and enrichment, and integrate them by identifying the type of emotional response to a role, negative or positive, as a...
- The rustout syndrome. Leider, Richard; Buchholz, Steven // Training & Development;Mar95, Vol. 49 Issue 3, p7
Discusses the nature of rustout, a phenomenon described as a slow process of deterioration of motivation through the disuse of an individual's potentials. Symptoms of the onset of rustout; Factors for rustout experience; Strategies for avoiding rustout; Rustout as a widespread ailment in many...
- IDENTITY AS NARRATIVE: PREVALENCE, EFFECTIVENESS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF NARRATIVE IDENTITY WORK IN MACRO WORK ROLE TRANSITIONS. IBARRA, HERMINIA; BARBULESCU, ROXANA // Academy of Management Review;Jan2010, Vol. 35 Issue 1, p135
Self-narratives--stories that make a point about the narrator--help people revise and reconstruct identities during work role transitions. We propose a process model in which people draw on narrative repertoires to engage in narrative identity work in role-related interactions. Using feedback...
- The New RETIREMENT. Karp, Gregory // Saturday Evening Post;Sep/Oct2011, Vol. 283 Issue 5, p44
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- Reciprocation: The Relationship between Man and Organization. Levinson, Harry // Administrative Science Quarterly;Mar1965, Vol. 9 Issue 4, p370
The concept of reciprocation, which focuses attention on the relationship between a man and the organization in which he works, offers the possibility of integrating a wide range of data and concepts from industrial psychology, sociology, and clinical psychology. It explains the psychological...
- Earning Power, Not Just Shopping Power. Frazier, Mya // Advertising Age;6/7/2010, Vol. 81 Issue 23, Special Section p8
The article examines attitudes towards work found among U.S. men and women in a survey taken by the publication. Majorities of both men and women said they worked out of economic necessity, but majorities also said their work was a major element of their identity. Variations among the women...
- The Effects of Field Dependency on Worker Orientations. Wood, Donald // Academy of Management Proceedings (00650668);1974, p44
Much of the perceptual research has shown that females are more field dependent or extrinsic when defining their personal orientations than are males. This study sought to determine if, in an industrial context, this greater dependency would be manifest by a higher correspondence between...
