Truth 17. Not Everyone Wants a Challenging Job
A management-consultant friend of mine recently remarked, “Everyone wants a challenging job. It gives you a reason to get up on Monday mornings.” With due respect to my friend, he’s wrong. Not everyone wants a challenging job.
In spite of all the attention focused by the media, academicians, and social scientists on human potential and the needs of individuals, there is no evidence to support that the vast majority of workers want challenging jobs. Some individuals prefer highly complex and challenging jobs; others prosper in simple, routine work.
The individual-difference variable that seems to gain the greatest support for explaining who prefers a challenging job and who doesn’t is the strength ...
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