In this paper, we operationalise a postmodern conceptualisation of desire in order to
articulate occupation as a passionate, creative, and productive process that is entangled …

If changes to the material structures of work have ushered us into a “new economy,” cultural
scholars assume that there must also be changes to ideological structures of work. Extant …

Passion is a pervasive concept in the work domain. Workers aspire to be passionate in the
hope of finding meaning and satisfaction from their professional life, while employers dream …

The following life history, from a qualitative study, gives an insight into the strategies humans
use to survive, accommodate, adapt and transcend hostile environments and a frightening …

The significance of meaningful and productive work, and the search for profound meaning
within it, is akin to the air we breathe. Its importance is often realized only when it becomes …

In this reflective discussion of Playback Theatre, parallels are drawn between occupation
and drama, as a thing that is done, an embodied performance. Playback is considered from …

Sayings like “Do what you love, and you'll never work a day in your life” epitomize Western
society's emphasis on both the importance and assumed positive nature of passion for work …

This Research Topic explores issues that are central to the continued relevance of
organizational and vocational psychology, and equally central to the well-being of …

Agency theory and self‐determination theory have contrasting assumptions about what
motivates human beings and, accordingly, suggest differing methods of motivating others …

The more we know about the world, the more that we know that we cannot separate the
physical from the social, the biological from the spiritual, or the historical from the present or …