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Work-Life (Im)Balance? An Explorative Qualitative Study Among Mothers and Fathers of Persons with Disabilities

open access: yesPrzeglad Socjologii Jakosciowej, 2020
The aim of this paper is to reconstruct the meaning of professional activity and to present strategies for coping with work-life balance among parents of persons with disabilities. Research proves that having a child with disability very often results in
Marta Sałkowska
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De-sportization of fighting contests: The Origins and Dynamics of No Holds Barred Events and the Theory of Sportization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
On the basis of an empirical analysis of the emergence, spread and transformation of No Holds Barred fighting contests during the 1990s, we argue that Norbert Elias’s model of sportization represents a fruitful but not sufficiently differentiated ...
Bottenburg,van, Maarten   +5 more
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Career Choices, Representation of Work and Future Planning: A Qualitative Investigation with Italian University Students

open access: yesSocieties, 2023
Choosing a career is one of the most challenging for young adults, and the representations of work could influence how people make decisions and build their career paths.
Cristiano Felaco   +3 more
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The Meaning of Work during Short-term Unemployment

open access: yesPsicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa
This paper reports the results of an investigation of the meanings unemployed people attribute to their work. The sample comprised 358 short-term (from one to six months) unemployed workers. Data were collected using a standardized questionnaire based on
Pedro F. Bendassolli   +3 more
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Work Identity, Meaning and Meaningfulness of Work: Brazilian Women Immigrants in the USA

open access: yesQuaderns de Psicología
Objective: To analyze the narratives about the identity, meaning and meaningfulness of the work of women who interrupt their professional lives to accompany their husbands who immigrate to work in another country.
Silvana Campos   +3 more
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Meaning in work of secondary school teachers: A qualitative study

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Education, 2015
In order to identify specific, shared sources of meaning and mechanisms with which individuals attempt to make meaning, the objectives of this study were to explore the way in which secondary school teachers perceive, conceptualise and attain meaning in ...
Mandi Fourie, Elmari Deacon
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A Survey on the Relationship between Personal and Organizational Spirituality with Job Engagement: Meaning of Work Mediating Role [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌های علوم شناختی و رفتاری, 2019
Humans can find personal significance through work, and so work can be considered as the foundation and center of human life. Therefore, the purpose of the present study is to investigate how the personal and organizational spirituality of nurses can ...
iman hakimi
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Gender perspectives in individual and organizational factors: A study of millennial employees in creative industries [PDF]

open access: yesManagement Science Letters, 2020
This study aims to analyze individual and organizational factors from the perspective of gender amongst millennial employees in creative industries. The populations in this study are employees in the creative industries with sample limited to employee ...
Widya Parimita, Dedi Purwana, Usep Suhud
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The Role of Proactive Personality on Job Engagement by Mediating Work Meaning [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهشنامه روانشناسی مثبت, 2020
This study aimed to investigate the role of proactive personality on job engagement by mediating work meaning. Therefore, by relative cluster random sampling, 270 nurses working in Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences in 2019 were selected. Proactive
iman hakimi
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Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Social Work Students: Burnout and Resilience During a Global Pandemic

open access: yes, 2023
COVID-19 had a profound impact on teaching and learning at academic institutions across the globe. This study examined the experiences of social work students (n = 884) during the pandemic and their associated level of burnout.
White, Kurt   +3 more
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