![]() The diverse potential sources of satisfaction from work raise a very big question: Why is it that for the overwhelming majority of people in the world, work has few or none of these attributes? According to a massive report published in 2013 by Gallup, the Washington, D.C.-based polling organization, only 13 percent of workers feel engaged by their jobs. It may make other people’s lives better.Īlmost everyone wants more from work than just a paycheck. Their work may make a difference to the world. And most important, satisfied workers are satisfied because they find what they do meaningful. They learn new things, developing both as workers and as people. Satisfied workers have a measure of autonomy and discretion in their work, and they use that autonomy and discretion to achieve a level of mastery or expertise. Satisfied workers are engaged by their work. The list of nonmonetary reasons people give for doing their work is long and compelling. When you ask people who are fulfilled by their work why they do the work they do, money almost never comes up. We work because we have to make a living. Why do we work? Why do we drag ourselves out of bed every morning instead of living lives composed of one pleasure-filled adventure after another? What a silly question. Psychologist Barry Schwartz explores the meaning and engagement that some workers feel about professions you might not expect to be fulfilling.
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