Work:

Cal Newport:

"the various ways the knowledge sector came to think about productivity during the twentieth century: >Work< is a vague thing that employees do in the office. More work creates better results than less. It's a manager's job to ensure enough work is getting done, because without this pressure, lazy employees will attempt to get away with the bare minimum. ... But how did we develop these beliefs? We've heard them enough times to convince ourselves that they're probably true, but a closer look reveals a more complicated story."