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Differences in the degree to which people need fun at work
Assuming we all want to work in places that are entertaining or amusing is misguided.
- Millennials and Gen Xers tend to score higher on individualistic traits, which predict more hedonistic and self-indulgent work environments.
- Extroverted and agreeable individuals desire fun workplaces.
- Excessive work involvement increases the likelihood of risking other areas of life, including family, relationships, and health, and leads to burnout.
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Fun has surprising benefits
There is a positive relationship between how much fun you have at work and how prosocial, ethical, and altruistic you are with your colleagues. So even if fun doesn't increase your performance, it increases your desire to be friendly and avoid being a toxic colleague.
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Work and fun didn't always mix
Research shows that over 75% of college-educated workers expect passion to be a key ingredient in their career choices.
Yet, throughout human history, work was mostly work, and enjoying it was an exception. For example, ancient Greeks and Romans regarded work as something to give to slaves....
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Working more hours
We expect the evolution of work to provide more opportunities for people to thrive and enjoy their careers.
In 1930, Milton Keys predicted that technology would be so advanced in the future that we would work only 15 hours a week. Although he was wrong, we should consider whether the extra ...
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Love for the work does not always equal performance
Research shows that loving your job improves your creative performance at work by nine percent.
Similarly, there is at most a nine percent overlap between how much you love your job and how well you perform at it. Those who love their jobs may be terrible performers, and those who are miser...
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