> I've been trying to find a term for "behavior focused on maintaining your job when the need wouldn't exist without such behavior" The concept of self-preserv

> I've been trying to find a term for "behavior focused on maintaining your job when the need wouldn't exist without such behavior" The concept of self-preservation or calling it superfluous self-preservation probably works here. But perhaps saying auto-preservation conveys better the sometimes lack of conscious intention that goes on in these situations.