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Pay level – A person's job is typicially the primary source <strong>of</strong> his or her income.<br />

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Challenge and responsibility – For many people, work plays an important role in establishing their selfconcepts.<br />

Job security (see JOB INSECURITY) – Work force reductions in the United States have become<br />

commonplace, making this an increasingly important concern among employees.<br />

Advancement opportunities – <strong>The</strong> opportunity to advance one's career and move on to new challenges is<br />

attractive to most people.<br />

Geographic location – Dual career and other family issues <strong>of</strong>ten mean that choice and flexibility with<br />

respect to work location is important (see NONWORK/WORK).<br />

Benefits – Heath care, retirement income, and so forth, are major factors in ensuring employee health<br />

and income security.<br />

Additional rewards – This preceding list obviously excludes a great many factors that are likely to be<br />

important to significant segments <strong>of</strong> the population. Some <strong>of</strong> these were discussed previously.<br />

See also Motivation and performance; Payment systems; Extrinsic/intrinsic motivation;<br />

Performance, individual<br />

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