Motivation and Personality

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This paper discusses the roles that personalities, values, ethics, attitudes and culture play in making the workplace environment a comfortable one. It also looks at how these factors can significantly influence the conflicts that workers might experience at a personal as well as professional level. The paper examines how personality can affect job satisfaction and motivation.

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"Religion, laws and regulation, social relationships like marriage, family and children all impact the way individuals perceive their success in their lifetime. The importance of work is often stated to be important for all workers. And the meaningfulness of the task being executed may help develop a sense of identity in a worker. But family, religion and society also define who we are. Mortality and the meaning of human existence are often discussed both philosophically and realistically. People often use religion to help themselves identify and realize their purpose in life. In turn this also defines their ethics and attitude in general. Failures and misunderstandings in the ethical consideration, the religious beliefs and the family can result in the individuals questioning and feeling a sense of despair creating an environment of discomfort."

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