[Self-discovery and self-realisation in occupational life]

Self-discovery as a maturation process begins early in infancy and is part of juvenile socialisation. In this early phase in life the drive of self-realisation may rise and continue to motivate the adolescent and further the grown-up in his working life. The impulse of self-realisation tends to vary along the course of life. While a successful carreer will strengthen the drive for self-realisation, lessened stimulation through continuous and dull work may result in its fading, as might inevitably be the case in the long-term unemployed. In occupational life, loss of motivation for self-realisation can induce lack of interest in accomplishment of the work task, thus diminishing the individual's productivity at the work place.