‘Do what you love’ could be contributing to the Great Resignation

Jan 13, 2022

the Great Resignation

The passion paradigm suggests that people should follow the career path that they love. This might be a cause for the Great Resignation Image: Maaria Lohiya/Unsplash

Galen Watts

Banting Fellow, Centre for Sociological Research, KU Leuven

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