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The Post-Hiring Challenge: Motivating Effort for Profit
For a firm's owners, the act of recruiting workers is merely the initial phase of the employment relationship. The central challenge that follows hiring is motivating these employees to work hard, as their effort is essential for the firm to generate profits. This requirement for diligent work is what gives rise to a fundamental conflict of interest between employers and their employees.
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