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How to manage self-motivated, intelligent workers

  • Written by David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics and Socio-Technical Studies, Griffith University
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There’s an emerging type of worker who usually knows more about their job than anyone else in the organisation and is not likely to suffer fools gladly. This type of worker is difficult to manage as they don’t consider themselves to be subordinates in the traditional sense.

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