Some theories break down motivational drive into conscious and unconscious factors, which both influence behaviour. Self-interest, for example, could be the unconscious factor influencing the desire to work, with duty to family the conscious factor.
DEFINITION of 'Quarter - Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4' A quarter is a three-month period on a company's financial calendar that acts as a basis for the reporting of earnings and the paying of dividends. A quarter refers to one-fourth of a year and is typically expressed as Q.
The adverb quarterly is not just commonly used to mean every three months, that is all that it means*; it is not a general adverb meaning in fourths (as of a quarter of a sum of money, for example), so your colleague is correct. * Except, obscurely, in heraldry. Feb 13, 2011. #2.