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Whitefield, Joe – Facilities Manager, 2013
There are often situations in facilities management where the daily repetition of certain tasks can seem meaningless to the employee if facilities managers are not conscientious. In this article, Joe Whitefield asks and answers the question: If your workplace morale is sagging a bit, what can be done to prop it up? To answer that question, he…
Descriptors: Facilities Management, Job Simplification, Performance Technology, Job Performance
Chudnov, Daniel – Computers in Libraries, 2010
An experienced developer might have a bagful of techniques to reach for when his/her code is not working. For both new and experienced coders, if they have stared at broken code for hours without any idea what's wrong, it can be easy to reach for emotional responses first. The code might be messed up, but one's constructive options for dealing…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Barriers, Performance Factors, Self Esteem
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Yankelovich, Daniel; Immerwahr, John – Society, 1984
Discusses job discretion (the degree of worker autonomy) and the American "work ethic" in a historical context and in regard to the current shift from a manufacturing economy to one based on information services and new technologies. (ML)
Descriptors: Incentives, Industrialization, Job Performance, Job Satisfaction