These two reasons for motivation at work and for leaving work, in “exciting & challenging work” and “limited recognition & praise” do seem unrelated. Personally, exciting and challenging work is a very large motivation factor for me in a job. The reason for leaving work due to limited recognition could be related to this. It could be a possible scenario where there are a limited number of employees tasked with the truly exciting and challenging tasks, which many people covet. Due to this, the employees assigned to these projects are the ones who receive the most recognition and praise for their work, and in turn continue that cycle of the challenging and exciting work. Do others think this could be a possible link between these reasons for motivation at work and leaving work?