John Wanous

John Wanous
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The most cynical people in the salaried group were also unmotivated because they saw less of a connection between doing a good job and getting more money, ... The cynicism that we studied, which was all about organizational change and inertia vs. progress, spilled over into their beliefs in doing a good job and being rewarded for it. They're cynical in one area, and it poisoned their perceptions in another area.
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We found that personality traits did little in explaining which employees were highly cynical and which employees were not.