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The Oxford handbook of meaningful work /

The Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work' examines the concept, practices and effects of meaningful work in organizations and beyond. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this volume reflects diverse scholarly contributions to understanding meaningful work from philosophy, political theory, psyc...

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Group Author: Yeoman, Ruth, 1964; Bailey, Catherine; Madden, Adrian; Thompson, Marc
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: 2019.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Quality of work life
Work > Psychological aspects
Work > Moral and ethical aspects
Meaning Psychology
Work-life balance
Work environment
Employee morale
Psychology, Industrial
Business ethics
Organizational behavior
Organizational learning
Summary: The Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work' examines the concept, practices and effects of meaningful work in organizations and beyond. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this volume reflects diverse scholarly contributions to understanding meaningful work from philosophy, political theory, psychology, sociology, organizational studies, and economics. 0In philosophy and political theory, treatments of meaningful work have been influenced by debates concerning the tensions between work as unavoidable and necessary, and work as a source of self-realization and human flourishing. This tension ha
Carrier Form: xxiii, 508 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780198788232
0198788231
Index Number: B790
CLC: C913.2-05
Call Number: C913.2-05/O984
Contents: The moral conditions of work / Joanne B. Ciulla -- Dignity and meaningful work / Norman E. Bowie -- Meaningful work and freedom: self-realization, autonoy, and non-denomination in work / Keith Breen -- Work, meaning, and virtue / Ron Beadle -- Work and the meaning of being / Todd S. Mei -- To have lived well: well-being and meaningful work / Neal Chalofsky and Elizabeth Cavallaro -- Do we have to do meaningful work? / Christopher Michaelson -- Identity and meaningful/meaningless work / Nancy Harding -- Self-transcendence and meaningful work / Adrian Madden and Catherine Bailey -- "Belonging"

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