A review of the empirical literature on meaningful work: Progress and research agenda

C Bailey, R Yeoman, A Madden… - Human Resource …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Meaningful work is a topic of importance in core domains of human resource development
(HRD) such as employee engagement, motivation, and personal development. However …

Viewing meaningful work through the lens of time

F Tommasi, A Ceschi, R Sartori - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Ethics and the future of meaningful work: Introduction to the special issue

EI Lysova, J Tosti-Kharas, C Michaelson… - Journal of business …, 2023 - Springer
The world of work over the past 3 years has been characterized by a great reset due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, giving an even more central role to scholarly discussions of ethics and …

What enables us to better experience our work as meaningful? The importance of awareness and the social context

EI Lysova, L Fletcher, S El Baroudi - Human Relations, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Why does becoming more aware of yourself and your wider work environment enable you to
experience greater meaningful work? Drawing upon mindfulness-to-meaning and …

[PDF][PDF] Taking engagement to task: The nature and functioning of task engagement across transitions.

DW Newton, JA LePine, JK Kim… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Engagement is widely viewed as a motivational state that captures the degree to which
individuals apply their physical, cognitive, and emotional energies to their jobs, and …

Facilitating meaningfulness in the workplace: A field intervention study

L Fletcher, K Schofield - The International Journal of Human …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents the findings of a field intervention study that sought to address two
objectives:(a) what are the psychological effects of a meaningfulness intervention? and (b) …

Positive work reflection during the evening and next‐day work engagement: Testing mediating mechanisms and cyclical processes

S Sonnentag, AW Tian, J Cao… - Journal of Occupational …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Studies have shown that positive work reflection during evening leisure time is related to
short‐term affective benefits at bedtime and in the next morning. This study examines …

Closing the gap between scholarly knowledge and practice: Guidelines for HRM action research

I Bleijenbergh, J van Mierlo, T Bondarouk - Human resource management …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper we review the current use of action research in the field of Human Resource
Management (HRM), and assess its potential contribution to the field. We show that action …

[HTML][HTML] The “sense” behind proactive behaviors: Feedback seeking, meaningfulness, and personal initiative

B Ma, S Zhu, K Jain - Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
With organizations increasingly requiring employees to proactively manage their job and
career, researchers have examined various proactive behaviors, such as feedback-seeking …

Job resources and employees' intention to stay: The mediating role of meaningful work and work engagement

I Sánchez-Cardona, M Vera… - Journal of Management …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Based on the Job Demands Resources Model (JD-R), this study investigates the mediating
role of meaningful work and work engagement in the association between job resources …