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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Meaning of work"”.
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Finding and Losing Meaning: Understanding Change in Employee Meaning of Work
Meaning of work is an important topic in organizational studies because how people relate to their work can influence workplace attitudes and behaviors. However, despite a long history of research on meaning of work, an agreed-upon theoretical framework of meaning is yet to emerge. Further, while …
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A PHENOMENOLOGICAL INQUIRY INTO THE MEANING OF WORK AS EXPERIENCED BY FINANCE FREELANCERS IN ONLINE LABOR MARKETPLACES
The meaning of work is influenced by the relationship between employees and organizations. In recent years, jobs outside the traditional boundaries of firms have grown considerably. Online platforms that connect contractors and clients for “gigs” are part of this trend. This study explored the …
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A South African investigation into the meaning of work within the context of caring for children with HIV/AIDS
Bibliography: leaves 128-144.
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A munka jelentése, egyéni jelentésadás a HR vezetők szemszögéből = The Meaning of Work and the Individual’s Sensemaking – From the Perspective of Human Resource Managers
A kutatási kérdéseim a munka jelentésének vizsgálatát tűzi ki célul, mégpedig a jelentés tartalmi elemzését és a jelentés-változás folyamatának az elemzését is. A kutatási céloknak és a kutatási kérdéseknek megfelelően kutatásom elsősorban kvalitatív interjúkra alapozott, esettanulmányos …
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Estudo preliminar sobre a real motivação e satisfação dos funcionários de MPEs da João Pessoa/PB
When it comes to strategy for the development of a company, one can not forget the people who work there, and when we think of strategies involving employees of the organization, the thought comes to motivating them. But this act is restricted to studies of traditional motivational theories and …
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Work and Freedom in Contemporary Capitalism
Despite the centrality of employment to contemporary political and economic discourse - a position reinforced by the recent economic crisis - political theory has failed to engage with the organization of work or with the norms guiding it. This dissertation offers a deeper understanding of the …
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Career Calling in Older Adults: A Socioemotional Selectivity Perspective
Over the past several decades, the meaning of work for employees has evolved beyond solely a means of financial support and toward a source of fulfillment and personal identity. Work that is purposeful, meaningful, and internally motivated can be considered a career calling. As the American …
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Cooperating As Peers: Labor Justice Between Distributive and Relational Equality
Despite its relevance, work is underrepresented in debates about social justice. In this way, political philosophy remains distant from real people s lives, and cannot address objectionable forms of work. The thesis contributes to fill in this gap, addressing the problem of labor justice with …
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An Ecological Economics Inquiry into the Social and Solidarity Economy - Insights from an Action Research
… The practice- and movement-based theory of SSE promotes a systemic change, social transformation toward an environmentally and socially just future through resisting and building alternatives to the prevailing economic system, the market economy. The research gap which has been identify …
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Cross-Cultural Differences and Intercultural Cooperation in the Context of Change and Uncertainty: Americans and Finns in the Workplace
<p>American and Finnish workers in financial institutions in the United States and in Finland were interviewed in their respective languages to explore cross-cultural differences in response to change and uncertainty in the work place. Changes were explored in the domains of organizational, …
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Essays in Applied Labor and Health Economics
… examines how the conditions and organization of work affect workers’ well-being and behavior, drawing on evidence from administrative and survey data within the Italian context. It focuses on two main dimensions of job quality: physical security and workers’ perceptions of the meaning of work. …
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The experience of stress in high school teachers: appraisals of threat
The purpose of this study was to expand our understanding of the meaning of work-related stress, from the perspective of high school teachers, with a focus on threat appraisals. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with a volunteer sample of 8 high school teachers (5 men and 3 women). …
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The meaningfulness of work : improving the quality of work life through job enrichment.
… perceptions and attitudes towards their work. One objective of the study was to discover if work had meaning to Library Assistants, working in University libraries, other than that of earning a living or money. It was discovered that most Library Assistants perceive that money is more …
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An investigation into contemporary hotel general managers behaviour and activity in the context of private, franchise and chain ownership/business models.
Since the early 1990s, the rapid growth of international hotel chains and its effects on managerial work have drawn the attention of researchers (Gilbert & Guerrier, 1997 and Ladkin & Juwaheer 2000). There is a current need to investigate how management in hotels is adapting to the significant …
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FORME PRECARIE IL CALCIO PROFESSIONISTICO COME OSSERVATORIO ORGANIZZATIVO EMBLEMATICO DELLE EVOLUZIONI DEL LAVORO E DEI PROCESSI DI SVILUPPO DELLE COMPETENZE
… esplora il tema della precarietà nel calcio professionistico italiano. La ricerca si articola in tre studi, guidati da una prospettiva psicosociologica e integrati in un disegno sequenziale Mixed Methods. Calcio professionistico e precarietà possono sembrare un paradosso; tuttavia, il …