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A focus on goals rather than behaviour is creating workplace monsters

  • Written by Chris Jackson, Professor of Business Psychology, UNSW
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Rather than putting the time and effort into promoting self-control, many organisations continue to favour focusing on goals, irrespective of how they are achieved. The general obsession by some...

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