Re:People can read their manager's mind
by BerislavLopac on Friday January 01, 2016 @05:20AM
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It might be harmful, but this is nevertheless the fact. And "rewarded" here doesn't refer only to what is actively given to them as a reward, it applies to all forms of motivation (e.g. not getting harmed, less work, more money etc).
Even just eyeball to eyeball respect.
Basically as kids we are rewarded for doing things like going to school. Good effort on exam and learning = A+. But then carrying into real life that kills our motivation for doing things without the reward (if we're not getting paid for it we must not like it).
It also has the opposite affect, if we get a reward for something we don't like doing it either. Maybe people would like doing things more if they got paid less!