Research: How Regulatory Changes Can Hurt Workers’ Motivation

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What managers need to know. In our polarized political landscape, employees increasingly find that they hold moral beliefs that conflict with the laws and regulations they are subject to at work. New research suggests that when workers feel this conflict between their moral beliefs and legal regulations, they’re less likely to take problems into their own hands, raise suggestions to improve work procedures, or champion new ideas. But how workers and employers frame the purpose of these