Work as a "Central Life Interest" of Professionals

Orzack, Louis H.

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“…Yet, this interpretation may only fit the lower levels of the labour force. Orzack (1959) replicated Dubin's work with professional nurses in a Mid-West city and found that for 'four of every five nurses studied, work and the workplace are central life interests'.…”

Section: Socialization Into the Jobmentioning

confidence: 87%

Family, School, Friends and Work: A Sociological Perspective

Musgrave

1967

Educational Research

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Section: Socialization Into the Jobmentioning

confidence: 87%

Family, School, Friends and Work: A Sociological Perspective

Musgrave

1967

Educational Research

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“…A total number of 600 questionnaires were distributed to white-collar workers from two different organizations, representing different industries in South Africa; one being a private hospital, and the other a partially state-subsidized educational institution. The study focused specifi cally on white-collar workers, because work centrality and meaningful work seem to be more important to them (De Klerk et al, 2006, 2009Morse & Weiss, 1955;Orzack, 1959).…”

Section: Research Approachmentioning

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Workplace spirituality and job satisfaction

Walt

Klerk

2014

International Review of Psychiatry

112

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In order to obtain an improved understanding of behaviour at work, employees should be studied from physical, psychological, and spiritual dimensions. Although the physical and psychological dimensions of individuals at work have been studied extensively, the spiritual dimension has been neglected for many years. The objective of the current research was to determine the relationship between workplace spirituality and a positive attitude related to work, that is, job satisfaction. A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 600 white-collar workers, chosen from two organizations in different industries in South Africa. The research results indicate that there is a positive relationship between workplace spirituality and job satisfaction. These fi ndings deepen the understanding of personal spirituality, organizational spirituality, and job satisfaction. They bring new insights into the signifi cant role which spirituality plays in the context of the workplace. To survive in the 21st century, organizations need to be spiritually based. This, in turn, will lead to workers being satisfi ed with their entire work experience.

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“…This finding is most applicable to industrial workers in general, and a number of studies have established that among those below managerial and supervisory ranks in commerce and industry, only about a third consider their work to be a CLI (Dubin, 1956(Dubin, , 1992Dubin, Champoux & Porter). In contrast to these results, members of occupations that can be classified as professional, tend as a group to view their work as a CLI (Bryan;Dubin, 1992;Friedlander, 1966;Orzack, 1959). Studies have shown that the overwhelming proportion of professionals invest their emotional energ y in their work (Dubin, 1992).…”

Section: The Meaning Of Workmentioning

confidence: 42%

“…It has been argued that there are various general factors in the nature of professional work that could account for this phenomenon (Bryan, 1972;Dubin, 1992;Orzack, 1959). Professional work generally allows individuals autonomy to decide how to do certain tasks, it allows them to use creativity and initiative to complete activities at work and it involves personal responsibility for outcomes of performance (Dubin).…”

Section: The Meaning Of Workmentioning

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Work as a central life interest for legal professionals

Genis

Wallis

2005

SA j ind psychol

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Dubin's theory of Central Life Interests (CLIs) was used to investigate whether work is a CLI for legal professionals in South Africa. The research also served as a comparative exploration between the public and private sectors based on their work centrality and work orientation. 59 employees from three public sector organisations and 27 employees from various private sector law firms completed questionnaires. Contrary to Dubin's theory, results indicated that two-thirds of respondents did not have work as a CLI. Also, contrary to previous work on private and public sector employees, some interesting similarities emerged between the two sectors. OPSOMMINGDubin (1992) se teorie van Sentrale Lewensbelangstellings was gebruik om te ondersoek of werk 'n sentrale lewensbelangstelling is vir individue in die Suid-Afrikaanse regsprofessie. Die navorsing was ook 'n vergelykende ondersoek tussen die publieke en privaat sektore met betrekking tot hul werk sentraliteit en werk orientasie. 59 werknemers van drie publieke organisasies en 27 werknemers van verskeie privaat firmas het vraelyse beantwoord. Teenstellig met Dubin se teorie het resultate gewys dat vir twee-derdes van die deelnemers werk nie 'n sentrale lewensbelangstelling was nie. Daar was ook interessante resultate wat te voorskyn gekom het, wat teenstrydig was met vorige navorsing op werknemers in die privaat en publieke sektore.

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Work as a "Central Life Interest" of Professionals

Cited by 57 publications

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Family, School, Friends and Work: A Sociological Perspective

Family, School, Friends and Work: A Sociological Perspective

Workplace spirituality and job satisfaction

Work as a central life interest for legal professionals

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