The Experience of Untapped Potential: Towards a Subjective Temporal Understanding of Work Meaningfulness

Boeck, Giverny De; Dries, Nicky; Tierens, Hans

doi:10.1111/joms.12417

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“…In this vein, the tensions occurring over time between one individual and his/her job, organization, and socio-political context can result in different states, such as meaningful work. Therefore, there can be fluctuations of the degree of meaningful work experience as well as variations of the presence/absence of meaning in reference to the past, present, or to the being stuck in an eternal present ( De Boeck et al, 2019 ) or pointless conditions ( Yeoman et al, 2019 ).…”

Section: Meaningful Work and Timementioning

confidence: 99%

Viewing Meaningful Work Through the Lens of Time

2020

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Authors have paid considerable attention to how to define the meaningful work construct. This has led to providing comprehensive definitions in the light of different theoretical frameworks that reflect a degree of contestation within the field. Several of them have proposed definitions linked to the individuals’ pervasive sense of the value of their work. Others have offered descriptions centered on their temporal, episodic nature and emphasizing the individual’s occasional work experience. These definitions reflected a potential temporal condition as well as the variety of time perspectives underpinning the authors’ conceptualizations of the construct. This paper conducted a broad literature review to analyze works that have adopted a temporal framework or supported a time-based definition of the construct. The analysis indicates two different conceptualizations of the construct: as a permanent/steady mindset and as a changeable/episodic experience. As a reflective paper, the present contribution develops an overall framework for views and theories on meaningful work. It reports a critical review on the matter to elevate understanding of meaningful work for further research and applied implications in work and organizational studies.

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Section: Meaningful Work and Timementioning

confidence: 99%

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2020

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“…Notably, these efforts are made in a proactive, intentional, and deliberate manner, which constitute the main characteristics of crafting. If these efforts are successful in narrowing the discrepancy, individuals can attain various desirable outcomes, such as work-related ones or subjective/psychological well-being (De Boeck et al, 2019). It is also possible that the motive for crafting in one identity domain may influence crafting efforts in the other.…”

Section: Leisure Crafting and Meaning In Lifementioning

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How Does Search for Meaning Lead to Presence of Meaning for Korean Army Soldiers? The Mediating Roles of Leisure Crafting and Gratitude

Lim

Sohn

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Many studies demonstrate that finding meaning in life reduces stress and promotes physical and psychological well-being. However, extant literature focuses on meaning in life among the general population (e.g., college students or office workers) in their daily lives. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the mechanisms of how individuals living in life-threatening and stressful situations obtain meaning in life, by investigating the mediating roles of leisure crafting and gratitude. A total of 465 Army soldiers from the Republic of Korea (ROK) participated in two-wave surveys with a 2-week interval. Structural equation modeling analyses indicated that the direct effects between the search for meaning, presence of meaning, leisure crafting, and gratitude were significant, except for the direct relationship between the search for meaning and the presence of meaning, and between leisure crafting and the presence of meaning. We tested indirect effects using a Monte Carlo approach and found that leisure crafting and gratitude sequentially mediated the relationship between the search for meaning and the presence of meaning. Our findings highlight the importance of the motivation behind searching for meaning, the proactive use of leisure time, and gratitude for individuals in stressful situations and controlled lifestyles. Finally, we discuss the implications and limitations of this research and future research directions.

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“…PMW has been employed in the literature as a mediating mechanism for antecedents and outcome variables operating at different levels of analyses, i.e., individual, interpersonal, group, and organizational [44]. In the contemporary academic discourse, various contextual factors have also been mentioned as influencing the performance, behavior, emotion, affect, perception and cognition of employees via the pathway of PMW [44,107]. For instance, perceived opportunities for development [108], social mission [109], ethical climate prevailing in an organization [110], HR-policies [111], corporate social responsibility perceptions [73,112] have all been witnessed to be impacting the individual-level outcomes via the mediational mechanism of PMW.…”

Section: Pmw As Mediator Between Etl and Ocbementioning

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Do Environmental Transformational Leadership Predicts Organizational Citizenship Behavior towards Environment in Hospitality Industry: Using Structural Equation Modelling Approach

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Voluntary pro-environmental behaviors in the workplace such as organizational citizenship behavior towards environment (OCBE) are pertinent for the organizations striving to become environmentally responsible entities. The significance of OCBE for green organizational initiatives has led scholars to strive for expanding its nomological network. Approaching from the theoretical angle of the social information processing approach, this quantitative, survey-based study theoretically links and empirically tests the impact of environmental transformational leadership on organizational citizenship behavior towards environment (OCBE) via mediating mechanism of perceived meaningful work. Data from a sample of 311 employees working in Pakistan’s hospitality sector were collected and analyzed to test the hypothesized relationships using structural equation modelling. Results indicated the indirect effect of perceived meaningful work on the relationship between environmental transformational leadership and organizational citizenship behavior towards environment. Implications of both theoretical and practical nature are laid out in the relevant sections of the paper.

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The Experience of Untapped Potential: Towards a Subjective Temporal Understanding of Work Meaningfulness

Cited by 54 publications

References 91 publications

Viewing Meaningful Work Through the Lens of Time

Viewing Meaningful Work Through the Lens of Time

How Does Search for Meaning Lead to Presence of Meaning for Korean Army Soldiers? The Mediating Roles of Leisure Crafting and Gratitude

Do Environmental Transformational Leadership Predicts Organizational Citizenship Behavior towards Environment in Hospitality Industry: Using Structural Equation Modelling Approach

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