scholarly journals The effect of occupational meaningfulness on occupational commitment

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Itai Ivtzan ◽  
Emily Sorensen ◽  
Susanna Halonen
Keyword(s):  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Specific Role ◽  
Personal Meaning ◽  
Occupational Commitment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Future Research Directions

Existing research lacks a scholarly consensus on how to define and validly measure ‘meaningful work’ (e.g., Rosso, Dekas & Wrzesniewski, 2010). The following correlational study highlights the value of investigating meaningfulness in the context of occupational commitment. The study hypothesizes that occupational commitment is positively correlated with occupational meaningfulness, where meaningfulness is defined as the extent to which people’s occupations contribute to personal meaning in life. One-hundred and fifty-six full-time office based UK workers completed an online questionnaire including 18 questions measuring levels of occupational commitment (Meyer, Allen & Smith, 1993), in addition to six novel items measuring occupational meaningfulness. The results supported the hypothesis and also showed that the affective sub-type of occupational commitment had the highest correlation with occupational meaningfulness. Such results exhibit the importance of finding meaning at work, as well as the relevance of this to one’s level of commitment to his or her job. This paper argues that individuals should consider OM before choosing to take a specific role, whereas organizations ought to consider the OM of their potential candidates before recruiting them into a role. Possible directions for future research directions are also discussed.

scholarly journals Perceiving a Calling as a Predictor of Future Work Attitudes: The Moderating Role of Meaningful Work

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-201
Author(s):  
Gargi Sawhney ◽  
Thomas W. Britt ◽  
Chloe Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Interactive Effect ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Employee Attitudes ◽  
Occupational Commitment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Multiplicative Effect ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Future Work

The goal of the current study was to examine the interactive effect of perceiving a calling and meaningful work on employee attitudes. Specifically, we explored the multiplicative effect of perceiving a calling and meaningful work on work engagement, affective, and normative occupational commitment using a prospective design. Results indicated that meaningful work moderated the relation between perceiving a calling and affective occupational commitment. Specifically, the effects of perceiving a calling on affective occupational commitment were stronger for those who perceived less, but not more, meaning in their work. The interactive effect of perceiving a calling and meaningful work did not predict work engagement or normative occupational commitment. Implications and future research directions are discussed.

scholarly journals Balancing Cost and Value: Scandinavian Students’ First Year Experiences of Encountering Science and Technology Higher Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fredrik Jensen ◽  
Ellen Karoline Henriksen ◽  
Henriette Tolstrup Holmegaard ◽  
Lene Møller Madsen ◽  
Lars Ulriksen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
First Year ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Students First ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Better Than

This paper investigates the experiences of students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) during their first year in higher education, based on 874 Danish and 1314 Norwegian students’ responses to an online questionnaire. Rather than focusing on averages, we compare the experiences of two distinct groups of students: those who rated their overall study situation as better than expected (the satisfied group) and those who rated it as worse than expected (the dissatisfied group). Although the satisfied group were more positive to many aspects of their study situation, the dissatisfied group were also relatively positive to many aspects. All respondents expressed that the study cost more time and effort than anticipated, but only for some students (notably the satisfied group) was this high cost counterbalanced by a high value in terms of subject interest and social integration. Implications are discussed in terms of future research directions and how educational institutions can improve students’ meeting with higher education.

Personality traits predicting knowledge hiding behaviour: Empirical evidence from academic institutions of Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 154-166
Author(s):  
Muhammad Shahid Iqbal ◽  
Muhammad Atif Ishaq ◽  
Ammara Akram ◽  
Ume Habibah
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The People ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
Knowledge Hiding ◽  
The Impact

Knowledge is considered as a source of competitive advantage for the organizations. Organizations put lots of efforts to increase the extent of knowledge sharing among the employees to boost up innovation and creativity. Despite all these measures people still hide their knowledge from others in the workplace. So, this study aims to investigate the individual differences which may cause knowledge hiding and the impact of knowledge hiding on the hurt relationship and future withholding of knowledge. The data was collected from 245 full-time teachers of public and private sector universities of Southern Punjab, Pakistan. PLS-SEM was used for data analysis. The results of the study showed that the people who score high for extroversion and openness to experience don’t hide knowledge as compared to people who have a high score on agreeableness, consciousness, and neuroticism. Implications, Limitations and future research directions are also discussed.

Centralization and Communication Opportunities as Predictors of Acquiescent or Prosocial Silence

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alisher Tohirovich Dedahanov ◽  
Choonghyun Kim ◽  
Jaehoon Rhee
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Employee Silence ◽  
Future Research Directions

We conducted a survey with 744 highly skilled full-time employees of South Korean conducted a survey with 744 highly skilled full-time employees of South Korean organizations to examine the associations among 2 organizational factors, namely to examine the associations among 2 organizational factors, namely centralization and communication opportunities, and 2 distinct forms of employee silence, and communication opportunities, and 2 distinct forms of employee silence, namely acquiescent and prosocial silence. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural acquiescent and prosocial silence. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were performed to test our hypothesized model. The findings revealed that modeling were performed to test our hypothesized model. findings revealed that centralization positively influenced employees' acquiescent silence and that communication positively influenced employees' acquiescent silence and that communication opportunities positively impacted their prosocial silence. Theoretical and practical positively impacted their prosocial silence. and practical implications, limitations, and future research directions are discussed. limitations, and future research directions are discussed.

scholarly journals The influence of job crafting and task identity on meaningful work

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-173
Author(s):  
Alim Seo ◽  
Yeseul Jung ◽  
Young Woo Sohn
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Support ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Task Identity ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
And Task

The goal of this study was to investigate the influence of task identity and perceived organizational support(POS) on the relationship between job crafting and meaningful work. Specifically, the mediating effect of task identity and the moderating effect of POS were examined in the relationship between job crafting and meaningful work. The survey was conducted on 300 adults who have been working for at least six months. Supporting the hypotheses, task identity partially mediated the relationship between job crafting and meaningful work. Also, POS moderated the relation between job crafting and task identity significantly, suggesting that job crafting was more strongly associated with task identity as POS was strengthened. In addition, the mediating effect of task identity was moderated by POS in the relation between job crafting and meaningful work, suggesting that POS moderated the mediating effect of task identity on the relationship between job crafting and meaningful work. Based on the results, implications, limitations, and future research directions of this study were discussed.

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