Is meaningful work the silver bullet? Perspectives of the social workers

Tan, Kim-Lim; Lew, Tek-Yew; Sim, Adriel K.S.

doi:10.1108/jabs-09-2018-0267

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“…Although the positive role of work meaning and its inverse association with burnout symptoms have been documented in different professions, such as physicians and nurses [ 14 ], pediatric residents [ 13 ], oncologists [ 45 ], schoolteachers [ 46 ], and social workers [ 47 ], there are still aspects of this relationship that need further investigation. How work meaning is maintained or constructed under various organizational contexts is an important issue that can add substantially to the understanding of this concept and its outcomes and interactions with other factors.…”

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Job Demands and Exhaustion in Firefighters: The Moderating Role of Work Meaning. A Cross-Sectional Study

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Mateizer

Dan

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Emotional exhaustion and other symptoms of burnout are often found among emergency services professions, such as firefighting. Given the social importance of this activity and the high responsibility it requires, prevention and alleviation of burnout symptoms become primary concerns in ensuring the well-being of firefighters. Although work meaning is one of the factors associated with a lower risk of developing burnout, its protective role has not been studied in firefighters. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the buffering role of work meaning in the health-impairment process of the Job Demands-Resources model, targeting the relationship between job demands and related emotional exhaustion. A cross-sectional survey design was used to collect data from a sample consisting of Romanian firefighters (n = 1096). Structural equation modeling indicated a positive link between job demands and exhaustion. In addition, deriving personal meaning from work was associated with lower levels of exhaustion in firefighters. A small but significant interaction effect between work meaning and job demands showed that higher levels of work meaning attenuated the positive relationship between job demands and exhaustion. In conclusion, our findings suggest that work meaning has a buffering effect on the impact of various job demands on job-related exhaustion. Nevertheless, the small effect sizes warrant further research on this topic.

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Job Demands and Exhaustion in Firefighters: The Moderating Role of Work Meaning. A Cross-Sectional Study

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Dan

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“…Four items were deleted due to low factor loading, resulting in an increase of its composite reliabilities and AVE above the recommended threshold. Studies such as Tan et al (2019) and Fam et al (2019) has also seen a similar number of items being deleted for not meeting the required threshold. The composite reliabilities of the constructs ranged from 0.775 to 0.918, which are higher than the cut-off value of 0.70 (Hair et al , 2017).…”

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Effect of work engagement on meaningful work and psychological capital: perspectives from social workers in New Zealand

Tan

Lew

Sim

2020

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PurposeThis paper investigates the effect and the predictive capacity of work engagement on personal and job resources, in the form of psychological capital (PsyCap) and meaningful work in the non-profit organisations (NPO)s settings.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 303 social workers working in New Zealand's NPOs. The hypotheses were tested using the partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM).FindingsResults of this study reveal that work engagement is positively related to both PsyCap and meaningful work. It shows that work engagement is instrumental in enhancing one's PsyCap at the same time improving one's perception of work. The model demonstrates good predictive power.Originality/valueThis study advances our understanding of the relationship of outcomes to resources as postulated in the JD-R theory. This is the first few studies to examine the effect of work engagement on PsyCap and meaningful work, as well as the mediating effect of PsyCap on the relationship between work engagement and meaningful work. At the same time, it provides conceptual clarity on the role of specific job resource and personal resource, demonstrating that resources do not operate in isolation but can build more resources. This study also contributes to the field of human resource management using a predictive PLS-SEM technique.

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“…Additionally, this study performs a predictive model assessment, which makes PLS–SEM the preferred technique (Shmueli et al , 2019). Finally, PLS–SEM places lesser restrictions on data distribution and sample sizes, as well as its ability to handle complex models involving numerous endogenous and exogenous constructs (Tan et al , 2019a)…”

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“…A unique feature of PLS–SEM lies in its predictive ability, which most of the existing studies such as Tan et al (2019b) and Tan et al (2019a) deployed the Stone-Geisser's test ( Q 2 ). Align with this, Table 4 shows that the Q 2 value is larger than zero, indicating that the model has predictive power.…”

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“…As a composite-based approach to SEM, PLS–SEM combines indicators linearly to create composite variables, which are proxies of the concepts under investigation (Ghasemy et al , 2020). There is growing popularity of deploying PLS–SEM application on different disciplines, including information technology (Leong et al , 2020), knowledge management (Cepeda-Carrion et al , 2019), human resources (Ringle et al , 2020), non-profit organizations (Tan et al , 2019a), higher education (Ghasemy et al , 2020) and tourism (Ali et al , 2018). However, there is limited literature in using PLS–SEM for music festival-related studies.…”

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Participant well-being and local festivals: the case of the Miri country music festival, Malaysia

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Chai

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PurposeFestivals are becoming a growing commodity for countries keen to increase their portfolio of tourist attractions. The benefits experienced by the local community and the visitors at festivals are multi-faceted. However, existing tourism research has primarily focussed on the value of the event in terms of customer satisfaction. It has yet to explicitly identify the affect music festivals have on individuals' well-being. This study aims to investigate the effect of music festival unique attributes on visitors' satisfaction levels and how it influences individuals' well-being.Design/methodology/approachA paper-based questionnaire was distributed to participants visiting the Miri Country Music Festival (MCMF) in Malaysia, and partial least squares–structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used for data analysis.FindingsThe results from 288 respondents revealed that the festival programme was the main attribute in influencing one's satisfaction to a festival, which in turn improved one's subjective well-being. The other attributes that influence an individual's satisfaction in a music festival include food, information services and festival value.Originality/valueThis study advances the body of knowledge by integrating the self-determination theory and the environmental psychology theory as the bases that a music festival potentially provides an engaging environment that is conducive for positive well-being among the participants. This is the first study that confirms the influence of the different predictors on the perceived value of MCMF, proposing a model in developing a better understanding of the participants' well-being.

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Is meaningful work the silver bullet? Perspectives of the social workers

Cited by 22 publications

References 94 publications

Job Demands and Exhaustion in Firefighters: The Moderating Role of Work Meaning. A Cross-Sectional Study

Job Demands and Exhaustion in Firefighters: The Moderating Role of Work Meaning. A Cross-Sectional Study

Effect of work engagement on meaningful work and psychological capital: perspectives from social workers in New Zealand

Participant well-being and local festivals: the case of the Miri country music festival, Malaysia

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