INVEST IN EVERYONE EXCEPT THEM
Development budgets communicate priorities efficiently.
No explanation is necessary when comparison is available.
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Research territory
Research traditions around perceived organizational support and organization-based self-esteem examine how employees interpret signals that they are valued, respected, and worth investing in.
Anchor: organizational investment; perceived support; developmental opportunity.
Seed Claim Library for WORTH: WORTH-001, WORTH-002, WORTH-003. These are root-level research propositions, not an assertion that any one Claim maps one-to-one to this joke.
This static edition exposes the research territory and Seed Claim Library, not a finalized evidence verdict for this specific joke. Study-level citations, claim confidence, and evidence-change history will appear only after the research Machine completes its publication gate. The joke is never evidence.
The research hook identifies mechanisms to investigate. It is not a claim that the literature literally tested this Directive.
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