Summary
Five high school students are lured into working at a logistics warehouse for what they consider a high salary for their first job. After they start, their dreams are shattered. Over the next four months the workplace reality transforms into a nightmare.
Teaching objectives
. Analysis of psychological biases which influence career choices . Identification of burnout potential due to motivated reasoning and the sunk-cost fallacy . Importance of information gathering for negotiation effectiveness . The self-fulfilling prophecy of Theory X and its effects on workforce motivation and productivity
Keywords
- Organisational Behaviour
- Group dynamics
- Work-life balance, motivation and stress
- Social Psychology
- Career Management
- Recruitment
- Human resources
- Decision making and biases
- Q31819
