What Makes Work Meaningful

Blanca Grama; Ramona Todericiu

doi:10.1515/sbe-2017-0020

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What Makes Work Meaningful

Studies in Business and Economics

Volume 12 (2017): Issue 2 (August 2017)

By: Blanca Grama and Ramona Todericiu

Open Access

|Oct 2017

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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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sbe-2017-0020 | Journal eISSN: 2344-5416 | Journal ISSN: 1842-4120

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Language: English

Page range: 46 - 52

Published on: Oct 21, 2017

Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

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Volume 12 (2017): Issue 2 (August 2017)