Can’t get no job satisfaction? Understanding the role of workplace learning on motivations
Development and Learning in Organizations
ISSN: 1477-7282
Article publication date: 10 November 2020
Issue publication date: 21 February 2021
Abstract
Purpose
Distinguishing things that are actually true and theoretically true is an activity that people don’t realize they spend very much time doing, but in fact it takes up a considerable amount of time – although for very different reasons depending on who you are. If you are a HR manager, figuring out how rumors of a downturn in market conditions might affect morale and productivity is very different in theory (it is likely to) than in practice (actually speaking to people and looking at data). As such, answers may be very different – after speaking to people and seeing the data, you might learn that people are working harder to ensure their firm has the edge in any deteriorating market.
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Findings
Distinguishing things that are actually true and theoretically true is an activity that people don’t realize they spend very much time doing, but in fact it takes up a considerable amount of time – although for very different reasons depending on who you are. If you are a HR manager, figuring out how rumors of a downturn in market conditions might affect morale and productivity is very different in theory (it is likely to) than in practice (actually speaking to people and looking at data). As such, answers may be very different – after speaking to people and seeing the data, you might learn that people are working harder to ensure their firm has the edge in any deteriorating market.
Practical implications
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Citation
(2021), "Can’t get no job satisfaction? Understanding the role of workplace learning on motivations", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 35 No. 2, pp. 31-33. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-04-2020-0075
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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