Dear Mark-
Sorry for the delay - I was busy hosting my friend and colleague from South
Africa...
Thanks a lot for the reference that seems to contradict to the statement in
the Russian immigrant newspaper "Despite our occasional temptation to call
it quits, most Americans (70%) are saying that even if they won a large
enough amount of money in the lottery, they would still continue to work.
These are the findings of a recent study conducted by Opinion Research
Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCI). According to the study, only 28% of Americans
would quit their jobs if they won the lottery."
http://www.orcinternational.com/caravan-053102.htm
However, everything depends how the questions were asked which I could not
find. Also, it is not clear that whether these cited 70% of respondents want
to work in general or they want to stay at the work that they are currently
employed. I wish I could find their full report...
Interesting...
Eugene
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark P Smith [mailto:mpsmith@UDel.Edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 11:11 PM
> To: Eugene Matusov
> Subject: Re: Jobs and motivation: Help is needed
>
> Hi Eugene,
>
> I doubt this is the resarch you're looking for. It's conducted by a
> telephone sampling company. But it contradicts what you wrote, I think.
>
> My question: who do "consumer sampling companies" ask questions to?
>
> Mark
>
> http://www.orcinternational.com/caravan-053102.htm
>
> On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Eugene Matusov wrote:
>
> > Dear everybody-
> >
> >
> >
> > When I was in California, I read in a Russian immigrant newspaper about
an
> > US study, according to which 95% working people in US do not like their
jobs
> > ("zanimayutsya ne lyubimym delom" in Russian). The choice of words in
> > Russian indicates that these people do their job ONLY out of necessity
to
> > earn money but if they have enough money (e.g., won lottery) they would
stop
> > doing their jobs.
> >
> >
> >
> > Have anybody heard about such study? If so, can you provide reference,
> > please?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Eugene
> >
> >
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