Meaningful work and the protean career.

2013 ◽  
pp. 57-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas T. Hall ◽  
Elana Feldman ◽  
Najung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Protean Career

Purpose, Meaning, and Career Pathways

2020 ◽  
pp. 191-213
Author(s):  
Bryan J. Dik ◽  
Alexandra J. Alayan ◽  
Kaitlyn A. Reed
Keyword(s):  
Work Motivation ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Career Pathways ◽  
Vocational Psychology ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Protean Career ◽  
Meaning In Work ◽  
Meaning And Purpose

In addition to providing financial means, work offers an opportunity for individuals to experience meaning and purpose. Meaningful work, defined in this chapter as work that is worthwhile and personally significant, is linked to job satisfaction, work motivation, and psychological well-being. Several vocational psychology theories of career development, along with research on work as a calling and the protean career orientation, have addressed factors that likely influence meaning and purpose in work, either directly or indirectly. This chapter examines the opportunities for career pathways programs and professionals for promoting purpose and meaning in work over the course of a career. Specific strategies related to career choice, choice implementation, career engagement and maintenance/management, as well as retirement, bridge employment, and encore careers are addressed. Future directions for research and practice are also discussed.

Is Meaningful Work a Luxury? Experiences of Lower-Social-Status Individuals

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yerin Shim ◽  
Bryan J. Dik ◽  
Arissa Fitch-Martin ◽  
Maeve O'Donnell ◽  
Michael F. Steger
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Meaningful Work

On the Wisdom to Know the Difference: Meaningful Work in Chile

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen H. Mcwhirter ◽  
Benedict T. Mcwhirter
Keyword(s):  
Meaningful Work ◽  
The Difference

Protean Career Attitudes Scale

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon P. Briscoe ◽  
Douglas T. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Career Attitudes ◽  
Protean Career ◽  
Protean Career Attitudes

Implications for Individuals

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Moore
Keyword(s):  
Virtue Ethics ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Individual Life ◽  
Narrative Quest

The aim of this chapter is to consider the implications of the virtue ethics approach for individuals both in their lives in general and more specifically when they are at work in organizations. It introduces the idea of ends or purposes of an individual life, and the concept of a narrative quest in pursuing it, and links this to concepts already covered in previous chapters—goods, practices, and virtues. It introduces the idea of the unity of an individual life, and shows how this is linked to the idea of practices. It then considers virtue at work in organizations, and introduces the idea of meaningful work including how we may properly order our desires both in general and at work. It ends by considering whether managers, organizations, and governments have a responsibility to provide meaningful work.

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