- Job-employee mismatch.
- Overwork and under-appreciation, including heavy workloads, long hours, and lack of sufficient recognition.
- Culture shock, usually after mergers, when management fails to prepare employees for new culture.
- Politics and perception, when employees perceive managers playing favorites.
- Politics and control, when managers make it clear they want to “bring in their own people.”
- Unwanted promotions (the “Peter Principle”).
- Business “by the book,” or strict adherence to rules at the expense of thinking.
- Disengaged bosses.
“To be truly motivated, one must make personal commitments.”
– William G. Dyer
