ABSTRACT:- This paper considered myrmecological characteristics in harnessing employee work ethic to drive sustainability. The desire for sustainability in the contemporary global space cannot be overemphasised. It then becomes imperative that efforts towards achieving this desire be vigorously pursued especially through workplaces in the production industry.  However, employees’ work ethic in productive ventures has not struck optimal levels regarding key metrics of work outputs.  Thus, this paper employed content analysis and explanatory analogies to elicit insights on beneficial characteristics from myrmecological phenomena. Without going into the nitty-gritty of sociobiology or unearthing the details of myrmecology, an aspect of entomology that focuses on the scientific study of ants, useful intentional acculturation strategies as courses of action were suggested to direct workplace behaviours towards strong work ethic replication and sustenance. It was concluded that sociological behavioural benefits of myrmecology can improve human work ethic.   This paper reduces the gap in the availability of literature on work ethic and sustainability. It contributes to the study of workplace behaviour as well as work culture with the aim of educing behaviours that will improve productive work outputs and attain the desired sustainability levels.

KEYWORDS: behaviour,culture, development, sustainability, work ethic