Action-Oriented Altruism Boosts Workplace Effort, Gender Differences Revealed
The study looked at why people help others at work. They found that when workers are encouraged to be helpful, they put in more effort. This is especially true for women. Men, on the other hand, don't change their behavior much when asked to be helpful. The study used a data entry task to test these ideas. The results show that when people are motivated to help others, they work harder.