An eye-opening, groundbreaking tour of the purpose of work in our lives, showing how work operates in our culture and how you can find your own path to happiness in the workplace.
Why do we work? The question seems so simple. But Professor Barry Schwartz proves that the answer is surprising, complex, and urgent.
We’ve long been taught that the reason we work is primarily for a ...
An eye-opening, groundbreaking tour of the purpose of work in our lives, showing how work operates in our culture and how you can find your own path to happiness in the workplace.
Why do we work? The question seems so simple. But Professor Barry Schwartz proves that the answer is surprising, complex, and urgent.
We’ve long been taught that the reason we work is primarily for a paycheck. In fact, we’ve shaped much of the infrastructure of our society to accommodate this belief. Then why are so many people dissatisfied with their work, despite healthy compensation? And why do so many people find immense fulfillment and satisfaction through “menial” jobs? Schwartz explores why so many believe that the goal for working should be to earn money, how we arrived to believe that paying workers more leads to better work, and why this has made our society confused, unhappy, and has established a dangerously misguided system.
Through fascinating studies and compelling anecdotes, this book dispels this myth. Schwartz takes us through hospitals and hair salons, auto plants and boardrooms, showing workers in all walks of life, showcasing the trends and patterns that lead to happiness in the workplace. Ultimately, Schwartz proves that the root of what drives us to do good work can rarely be incentivized, and that the cause of bad work is often an attempt to do just that.
How did we get to this tangled place? How do we change the way we work? With great insight and wisdom, Schwartz shows us how to take our first steps toward understanding, and empowering us all to find great work.
Barry Schwartz is the Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action in the psychology department at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, where he has taught for thirty years. He is the author of several leading textbooks on the psychology of learning and memory, as well as a penetrating look at contemporary life, The Battle for Human Nature: Science, M...
Barry Schwartz is the Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action in the psychology department at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, where he has taught for thirty years. He is the author of several leading textbooks on the psychology of learning and memory, as well as a penetrating look at contemporary life, The Battle for Human Nature: Science, Morality, and Modern Life.
0 有用 我关注的人 2016-03-02 07:29:31
算是一本管理的启蒙书吧,语句简练,同时科普了些心理学和经济学理论。
0 有用 Charlie 2024-04-11 09:18:53 河北
人为什么要工作?除了金钱外更多的是自我实现价值的途径,与他人建立的链接中的良性互动。当第二种需求被忽视的时候,管理者以及打工人本身都会被植入工作只是为了钱的思想,管理愈加将人机器化的同时,个人价值自我实现的追求也被忽略。这关乎人性善恶的问题,也与不同人群实力平衡和对抗的相关。改变制度让人性中的善为个体价值实现铺路的尝试能否有效,须依工业化发展程度和生活水平而定,毕竟“仓廪实而知礼节”。
0 有用 bks 2017-06-05 19:32:29
Very uplifting to believe that humans are in process of making and remaking, and that there are things money cannot buy.
0 有用 Crumbs 2017-03-12 20:26:23
道理易接受,事例待琢磨。
2 有用 Resonance 2019-04-10 11:05:59
Kindle上预计看完的第一本书。2019.04.09 一本让我在买了kindle4年后爱上kindle的书。
0 有用 Charlie 2024-04-11 09:18:53 河北
人为什么要工作?除了金钱外更多的是自我实现价值的途径,与他人建立的链接中的良性互动。当第二种需求被忽视的时候,管理者以及打工人本身都会被植入工作只是为了钱的思想,管理愈加将人机器化的同时,个人价值自我实现的追求也被忽略。这关乎人性善恶的问题,也与不同人群实力平衡和对抗的相关。改变制度让人性中的善为个体价值实现铺路的尝试能否有效,须依工业化发展程度和生活水平而定,毕竟“仓廪实而知礼节”。
1 有用 胡子头啊 2022-03-17 18:57:13
前面关于motivation会被钱消减的讨论很有意思,后面关于human nature的不能苟同,如果Human nature可以改变还能叫nature吗?
0 有用 Jo 2021-02-21 21:02:31
还行吧 总得来说就是光想发财是不行的 You gotta find your own value in work.
1 有用 S小姐在远方 2020-10-21 05:48:46
断断续续读了一年多,读完一本书的间隙翻几页,很快失去兴趣,又总是重新拿起。有点像我与工作的关系,对这种连接感的需求比对工作本身的热情多得多。
0 有用 Miss coconut 2019-12-03 04:48:57
读着不困难的一本书。对于常常对工作感到厌倦的我有很大启发。在其中没有找到意义,不觉得自己的工作对他人对社会有什么作用,遇到控制型老板都可以解释我的消极怠工。