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A man's work motivation derives internally from desire, cognitive value, and emotions, and is put through dynamic interaction with the external environment. To fully understand a man's work motivation, we must take into account not only short-term task-based work motivation, but also long-term work motivation which deals with one's work life as a whole. Long-term work motivation experiences repetitive fluctuation, influenced by work characteristics, role expectancy, and social environment, but it is within this fluctuation that one goes on an intermittent yet life-long search and pursuit for one's self identity in one's work. Hence, strategies for the formation and adjustment of the self we aim for will be of great importance in supporting long-term work motivation.