The volitional nature of motivation and cultural creativity: an anthropological investigation

Abstract: We examine the volitional, non-rational nature of motivation and its impact on symbolic production at work. Based on a ethnographic study on a Brazilian special police force we argue that institutional stability and stable symbolic frames of references have long been taken for granted in s...

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Main Authors: Carmen Pires Migueles, Marco Tulio Fundão Zanini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Getulio Vargas, Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas
Series:Cadernos EBAPE.BR
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-39512018000300355&lng=en&tlng=en