The moral conditions of work / Joanne B. Ciulla -- Dignity and meaningful work / Norman E. Bowie -- Meaningful work and freedom: self-realization, autonoy, and non-denomination in work / Keith Breen -- Work, meaning, and virtue / Ron Beadle -- Work and the meaning of being / Todd S. Mei -- To have lived well: well-being and meaningful work / Neal Chalofsky and Elizabeth Cavallaro -- Do we have to do meaningful work? / Christopher Michaelson -- Identity and meaningful/meaningless work / Nancy Harding -- Self-transcendence and meaningful work / Adrian Madden and Catherine Bailey -- "Belonging" and its relationship to the experience of meaningful work / Tatjana Schnell, Thomas Höge, and Wolfgang G. Weber -- Exploring work orientations and cultural accounts of work: toward a research agenda for examining the role of culture in meaningful work / Laura Boova, Michael G. Pratt, and Douglas A. Lepisto -- Meaning in life and in work / Michael F. Steger -- Meanings and diry work: a study of refuse collectors and street cleaners / Ruth Simpson, Natasha Slutskaya, and Jason Hughes -- Finding meaning in the work of caring / Carol L. Pavlish, Roberta J. Hunt, Hui-Wen Sato, and Katherine Brown-Saltzman -- Exploring meaningful work in the third sector / Rebecca Taylor and Silke Roth -- Callings / Ryan D. Duffy, Jessica W. England, and Bryan J. Dik -- Does my engagement matter?: exploring the relationship between employee engagement and meaningful work in theory and practice / Brad Shuck -- Work through a gender lens: more work and more sources of meaningfulness / Heather Hofmeister -- Leadership and meaningful work / Dennis Tourish -- Fostering the human spirit: a positive ethical framework for experiencing meaningfulness at work / Douglas R. May, Jiatian (JT) Chen, Catherine E. Schwoerer, and Matthew D. Deeg -- Direct particpation and meaningful work: the implications of task discretion and organizational participation / Duncan Gallie -- Accounting for meaningful work / Matthew Hall -- Meaningful work and family: how does the pursuit of meaningful work impact one's family? / Evgenia I. Lysova -- Does corporate social responsibility enhance meaningful work?: a multi-perspective theoretical framework / Marjolein Lips-Wiersma -- Cultural, national, and individual diversity and their relationship to the experience of meaningful work / Sebastiaan Rothmann, Laura Anne Weiss, and Johannes Jacobus Redelinghuys -- Bringing political economy back in: a comparative institutionalist perspective on meaningful work / Marc Thompson -- The meaningful city: toward a theory of public meaningfulness, city institutions, and civic work / Ruth Yeoman.
Summary:
The Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work' examines the concept, practices and effects of meaningful work in organizations and beyond. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this volume reflects diverse scholarly contributions to understanding meaningful work from philosophy, political theory, psychology, sociology, organizational studies, and economics. 0In philosophy and political theory, treatments of meaningful work have been influenced by debates concerning the tensions between work as unavoidable and necessary, and work as a source of self-realization and human flourishing. This tension has come into renewed focus as work is reshaped by technology, globalization, and new forms of organization. In management studies, much empirical work has focused on meaningful work from the perspective of positive psychology, but more recent research has considered meaningful work as a complex phenomenon, socially constructed from interactive processes between individuals, and between individuals, organizations, and society. This Handbook examines meaningful work in the context of moral and pragmatic concerns such as human flourishing, dignity, alienation, freedom, and organizational ethics.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.