ABSTRACT
Occupational devotion is a special orientation that some people hold toward their livelihood and, more particularly, toward the routine activities constituting its core. In fact, this core of activity is a major value in its own right; this core is the principal attraction of their work. By way of example: jazz musicians are typically enthralled with playing jazz at a concert, as footballers are when playing a game, as crime investigators are when sleuthing a case. There is, for them, huge intrinsic appeal in what they do, such that, had they another source of income and some free time (e.g. income from retirement, another job or independent wealth), they would probably be inclined to pursue the activity as leisure. Indeed, the world has many amateur jazz musicians, athletes and detectives.
