All Annotations of Why do people work?[Preview]

saved byBill H on 2007-02-04

• Sometimes money truly is the only reason a person works.
• doing something
• being productive
• Other people need their skills, and they feel obliged to supply
  them
• you can feel aimless and bored.
• The benefits you get from paid and unpaid work are strongly
  linked to what your values are.

• The two main reasons that people work are:

  
  
  

  
  
  • to perform rewarding and meaningful activities
  
  
  
  • for companionship.

• Rewarding’ and ‘meaningful’ work is
  work that allows you to:

  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  • fulfil most of your material needs
  
  
  
  • meet your financial obligations
  
  
  
  • feel as if you fit into and contribute to society
  
  
  
  • feel a sense of well-being and accomplishment
  
  
  
  • meet and interact with people of different backgrounds and
    cultures.

• People get job satisfaction when their work:

  
  
  

  
  
  • pays them enough to fulfil their most important needs
  
  
  
  • pays them fairly for the work they do
  
  
  
  • looks after them, providing a protective environment and
    ensuring their safety as they work.
  
  
  
  • gives them a social life—they belong to a team and
    interact regularly with different people
  
  
  
  • makes them feel good about themselves—they can see
    themselves gaining experience, expertise, status and
    acknowledgement by their colleagues and superiors
  
  
  
  • fulfils them—it gives them a sense of personal
    achievement by presenting them with new challenges, helping them
    grow and be creative