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Work meaningfulness and effort [PDF]

open access: yes
Self-determination theory posits that individuals are motivated at work when their inherent psychological needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness are satisfied.
Nikolova, Milena; id_orcid   +1 more
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Questing for meaningfulness through narrative identity work: The helpers, the heroes, and the hurt [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
What identity narratives do those engaged in dangerous volunteering fabricate and how do they help satisfy their quest for meaningful lives? Based on a three-year ethnographic study of QuakeRescue, a UK-based voluntary, search and rescue charity, we show
Brown, Andrew D.   +4 more
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“Meaningful use” provides a meaningful opportunity [PDF]

open access: yesCancer, 2013
A model is described for meeting the mandate that includes implementation of a comprehensive smoking (tobacco) cessation program for cancer patients as an alternative to the minimal intervention approach. The importance of an institution‐wide, automated system to identify and refer tobacco users to treatment is discussed within the context of ...
Vance, Rabius   +3 more
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The Meaning and Purpose Scales (MAPS): development and multi-study validation of short measures of meaningfulness, crisis of meaning, and sources of purpose

open access: yesBMC Psychology, 2023
Background Meaning in life is multidimensional. It encompasses different qualities of meaning, such as meaningfulness, crisis of meaning, or existential indifference, as well as the sources from which people draw meaning, or purpose.
Tatjana Schnell, L. Danbolt
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pitfalls of anachronistic analysis: the book of Ecclesiastes, meaning of life and meaning in life

open access: yesSententiae, 2022
The article carries out a critical analysis of Arthur Kiefer's methodology (described in the “Ecclesiastes and the meaning of life in the ancient world”, Cambridge University Press, 2022), namely his concept of “meaning of life” applied to the analysis ...
Elvira Chukhrai
doaj   +1 more source

Psychological context of work meaningfulness [PDF]

open access: yesPsychology and its Contexts, 2014
There is a significant shift of approach to the management of organizations and workers in recent decades. This shift in management philosophy is characterized by converting from traditional, conventional (rather bureaucratic) management models to rather
Karel Paulík   +4 more
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The Philosophical Significance of the Representational Theory of Measurement —RTM as Semantic Foundations

open access: yesCrítica, 2023
The Representational Theory of Measurement (RTM), especially the canonical three volume Foundations of Measurement by Krantz et al., is a landmark accomplishment in our understanding of measurement.
J.E. Wolff
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Effect of CSR participation on employee sense of purpose and experienced meaningfulness: A self-determination theory perspective

open access: yes, 2021
The last two decades have seen a rapid increase in corporate social responsibility (CSR) research studies in the hospitality sector. However, majority of such studies have focused either on institutional outcomes like financial performance or ...
Owais Nazir, J. Islam, Z. Rahman
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Meaning in Life for Patients With Severe Dementia: A Qualitative Study of Healthcare Professionals' Interpretations

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
The need for meaning in life is a key aspect of being human, and a central issue in the psychology of religion. Understanding experience of meaning for persons with severe dementia is challenging due to the impairments associated with the illness ...
Tor-Arne Isene   +9 more
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Clinical Trial Endpoints and Their Clinical Meaningfulness in Early Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease

open access: yesThe journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease, 2022
As the focus of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) therapeutic development shifts to the early stages of the disease, the clinical endpoints used in drug trials, and how these might translate into clinical practice, are of increasing importance.
Sharon Cohen   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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