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This episode is all about the mighty dollar’s relationship with humans and work.  We dive deep into:

  • Does money motivate people at work?

  • Your relationship with money and why that matters

  • Implications for organizations and for us as individual people

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Links and Other Information

Pfeffer, J. (1998). Six dangerous myths about pay. Harvard Business Review76(3), 109-120. https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA20567116&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=00178012&p=AONE&sw=w 

Dunn, E. W., Aknin, L. B., & Norton, M. I. (2008). Spending money on others promotes happiness. Science319(5870), 1687-1688. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/319/5870/1687.long?casa_token=03XvPmXw4IQAAAAA:_x-EIemt8mCnQKZGCxXszH3R4fkqdv1FHOE4jayec-o6udPIB-prtimDg_MpP7PoWUwpObVE_62N6A 

Boyce, C. J., Brown, G. D., & Moore, S. C. (2010). Money and happiness: Rank of income, not income, affects life satisfaction. Psychological science21(4), 471-475. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797610362671?casa_token=oef6k-m0a68AAAAA%3As-guoATHc76FfWzS6q4yrGZFdTzrZr65Nh5MCi9Z-GI6FPsMSWBog3wi1H7hEYK4-m7ezBbS9tpf

Quoidbach, J., Dunn, E. W., Petrides, K. V., & Mikolajczak, M. (2010). Money giveth, money taketh away: The dual effect of wealth on happiness. Psychological science21(6), 759-763.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797610371963?casa_token=jbNlYjbnCssAAAAA%3ANAN5GsOaZLvkTFkY4i6l8Vrezb8LkwFM6pqDgxQnzw6_hQmo_iEIaozuqUNbzx4yhc-C-NTKWqo6

The Birth of the New American Aristocracy: 2018 article in The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/06/the-birth-of-a-new-american-aristocracy/559130/

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