What We're Reading from the Nov. 1, 2011, Issue of CIO Magazine

31.10.2011

By Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer

By drawing on 12,000 diary entries by 200 employees, the authors gather that the best way to motivate employees isn't to give them free lunches and pats on the back, but rather to help them develop a satisfying inner work life. Achieving that great inner life starts with consistent support from managers, but it is anchored by raising the meaning of the work employees are doing. Harvard Business Review Press, $25