The suspicion work ethic has been eroded in younger people has gained strength lately. Thanks to an insightful essay by Janette Barnard, one expression of this — “people don’t want to work anymore” — ...

In Make Your Own Job, Erik Baker shows just how long Americans have scrambled to pile work on top of work—and at what cost.

The work ethic is the most important engine of capitalist civilization. It keeps workers working long after they have satisfied their basic needs, drives entrepreneurs to found new companies and ...

Jared Rogalia, 25, a Hertz rental car manager-trainee in Alexandria, is as cranky as someone twice his age when he complains about his generation's work ethic. Here's how Rogalia characterizes his age ...

Undergrads studying modern capitalism are usually assigned Max Weber's famous essay. But our own ideas about the "Protestant work ethic" rest on a misreading of Weber's. Research defining grit as ...

Dr. Nilesh R. Parmar is the founder of NP Consulting, providing consulting and marketing services to the dental and healthcare industry. The rise of social media has profoundly impacted various facets ...

Chris Philp has told Brits to pull up their bootstraps, but have we really lost our work ethic? We let two writers hash it out in this week’s Debate Britain has a productivity challenge, levels are ...

Photo provided A photo of some of the 22 students who earned work ethic certificates in 6th, 8th and 12th grade. High school seniors who have consistently demonstrated that they are set up for ...

Americans’ propensity to work hard has often been attributed to the so-called Protestant work ethic. That term comes from the German sociologist Max Weber, who argued in the early 1900s that ...

A strong belief in the Protestant Work Ethic might underpin the decision-making of many people choosing 'natural' approaches to healthcare, new research suggests. Academics say their paper identifies ...

The work ethic is the most important engine of capitalist civilization. It keeps workers working long after they have satisfied their basic needs, drives entrepreneurs to found new companies and ...