Meaningful Work and Purpose

A collection of vocabulary flashcards capturing key concepts related to meaningful work and its significance.

Meaningful Work

Work that is significant and worth doing, involving experiences that hold great value for the worker.

Victor Frankl's Quote

"Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose."

Importance of Meaningful Work

Provides higher work motivation, engagement, job satisfaction, lower stress, higher performance, and personal fulfillment.

Job Characteristics Model

A framework that relates job design to individual motivation and satisfaction, including core job dimensions like skill variety and task significance.

Value Gap

The phenomenon where employees question the meaning of their work, often causing feelings of meaninglessness.

Organizational Purpose Statement

An organizational claim explaining why the work done is valuable, concerned with the organization's existence beyond profit.

Potential Dark Side of Meaningful Work

Meaningful work can lead to employees sacrificing fair pay, reasonable hours, and favorable conditions due to a deep sense of calling.

Tasks We Do vs. Stories We Tell

Two perspectives on meaningful work; the tasks focus on engagement with work activities, while stories emphasize how work is perceived and justified.