The Structure of the Meaning of Work: A Relative Stability Amidst Change

Harpaz, Itzhak; Fu, Xuanning

doi:10.1177/0018726702556002

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“…5 The bibliographical references of the quotation were omitted. 6 It is assumed that the level of sensitivity towards such events is the highest during childhood and adolescence and that their impact remains relatively stable from then on [21]. 7 For example Twenge et al [24] refer to baby boomers ("created" by the civil rights and women's movements, the Vietnam War, and the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King); to GenX (AIDS epidemic, economic uncertainty, and the fall of the Soviet Union); to GenY (being "wired" and "tech savvy", liking "informality", learning quickly, and embracing "diversity").…”

Section: Birth Cohort Versus Generationmentioning

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Age, Period, and Cohort Differences in Work Centrality and Work Values

Hajdu

Sík

2018

Societies

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Abstract:In this paper, we analyze whether work values differ between three dimensions of time (age, birth cohort, period). Using data of five waves of the World Values Survey and the European Values Study from more than forty countries and hierarchical age-period-cohort regression models, we did not find relevant gaps between birth cohorts with respect to the relative importance of work or with respect to work values. Thus, we claim that, in European and Euro-Atlantic countries, birth cohorts, on average, do not differ significantly with regard to their work values. Our results suggest, however, that the relative importance of work is significantly higher in the middle-age groups than among the younger or older groups. Regarding work values, we found that the importance of having an interesting job, good pay, and good hours decreases with age, and that job security is equally important at every age, whereas the importance of having a useful job increases with age.

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Section: Birth Cohort Versus Generationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Age, Period, and Cohort Differences in Work Centrality and Work Values

Hajdu

Sík

2018

Societies

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“…Moreover, research on work motivation (Gagné & Deci, 2005) has also outlined that when people view the work to be meaningful, it enhances their value and contribution respectively. People who feel their work is meaningful report greater well-being (Arnold et al, 2007), view their work as more central and important (Harpaz & Fu, 2002), and report greater job satisfaction (e.g., Kamdron, 2005). People who feel their work serves a higher purpose also report greater job satisfaction and work unit cohesion (Sparks & Schenk, 2001).…”

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What Makes Work Meaningful

Grama

Todericiu

2017

Studies in Business and Economics

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Abstract:Most organizations nowadays have the required resources and should offer an appropriate culture to provide each employee with the opportunity and context to develop the feeling of meaningful work. The managers and organizational leaders should be the first to recognize and perceive the work they do as being important. In this article, we examine the current development of the study of the nature, causes, and consequences of meaningful work, and we offer ideas of research opportunities regarding the interface of organizational perspectives on performing and providing meaningful work.

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“…Entitlement to work is a universal concern (Harpaz and Fu, 2002) which has become ever more contested in the context of the new economy (Lippmann, 2008). With a shortage of viable, secure jobs and tightening social security budgets, tensions emerge as the relative merits of entitlement claims are debated.…”

Section: Entitlementmentioning

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Baby Boomers and the Lost Generation: On the Discursive Construction of Generations at Work

Pritchard

Whiting

2014

Organization Studies

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Generations, and generational categories, offer a means of organising our understandings of age and age-related issues. Particularly within practitioner-orientated debates, differences between generations are highlighted as creating tensions which organisations must address.In contrast, we offer a critical interrogation of generations and unpack the implications of particular constructions. Specifically we examine the discursive construction of generational issues in UK online news about age at work, focusing on baby boomers and the lost generation. We highlight the discursive work involved in constructing each generation as entitled to work and how responsibility for employment issues is variously positioned. These inter-related concerns develop into a debate about consequences, as different versions of the 2 future are constructed. In contrast to essentialised understandings, our study shows how generations and generational categories are constructed and organise understandings of age at work. We further highlight how the constructions of generational differences and tensions become enrolled and legitimate age-related differences with regard to work. Such insights are essential to further our understandings of age-related issues in contemporary organising.

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The Structure of the Meaning of Work: A Relative Stability Amidst Change

Cited by 176 publications

References 31 publications

Age, Period, and Cohort Differences in Work Centrality and Work Values

Age, Period, and Cohort Differences in Work Centrality and Work Values

What Makes Work Meaningful

Baby Boomers and the Lost Generation: On the Discursive Construction of Generations at Work

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