If One is Looking for Meaning in Life, Does it Help to Find Meaning in Work?

By M. Steger, Bryan J. Dik. 2009

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Subfields: Demography, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology

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What Predicts Positive Life Events that Influence the Course of Depression? A Longitudinal Examination of Gratitude and Meaning in Life (2017, background): “Clinicians and coaches use new meaning in life interventions, such as creating a portfolio of photos showcasing sources of profound life significance, that show acceptable efficacy (e.g., Lee et al. 2006; Steger and Dik 2009; Steger et al. 2013).”
Not Feeling Good in STEM: Effects of Stereotype Activation and Anticipated Affect on Women’s Career Aspirations (2017, background): “In addition, most people search for meaning in their lives, and work, in the sense of a calling, is an important source of meaning and identity (Hirschi and Herrmann 2012; Steger and Dik 2009).”
Calling in Work (2010, background): “For example, recent research suggests that finding a calling in work appears to satisfy people’s search for meaning in life, with a greater sense of meaning in life as one potential benefit (Steger & Dik, 2009).”
Research on calling: What have we learned and where are we going? (2013, methodology): “In an effort to explore the dynamics in how perceiving a calling related to life meaning, Steger and Dik (2009), using the BCS, found that college students seeking meaning in life were more likely to experience meaning if they reported that they approached their work as a calling.”
Character strengths and well-being among volunteers and employees: Toward an integrative model (2010, methodology): “…to well-being, selfrealization, and fulfillment (King, Hicks, Krull, & Del Gaiso, 2006; Steger, Frazier, Oishi, & Kaler, 2006), and also to job satisfaction (Rubinstein, 2006) and positive work attitudes (Bonebright, Clay, & Ankenmann, 2000; Dik, Sargent, & Steger, 2008; Steger & Dik, 2009b).”
Meaning in life and work: A developmental perspective (2015, background): “…in life would mirror this result: those high in work meaning would have no relation between age and the search for meaning, and those low in work meaning would have a pronounced, negative quadratic relation between age and the search for meaning in life (Steger & Dik, 2009; Steger et al., 2009).”
Engaging in Work Even When It Is Meaningless (2013, background): “Meaningful work is thought to arise when people have a clear understanding of their abilities, what is expected of them, and how to operate successfully within their work environment (Steger & Dik, 2009; Steger & Dik, 2010).”
Measuring Meaningful Work (2012, background): “Indeed, the idea that work could be meaningful without also leading people to build meaning in their lives as a whole makes little sense (Steger & Dik, 2009).”
Development and Validation of the Calling and Vocation Questionnaire (CVQ) and Brief Calling Scale (BCS) (2012, background): “…career commitment, work meaningfulness, perceived organizational duty, work zest, and work satisfaction (e.g., Bunderson & Thompson, 2009; Davidson & Caddell, 1994; Duffy, Dik, & Steger, 2011; Peterson, Park, Hall, & Seligman, 2009; Serow, 1994; Steger & Dik, 2009; Wrzesniewski et al., 1997).”
Organization-Based Self-Esteem and Meaningful Work Mediate Effects of Empowering Leadership on Employee Behaviors and Well-Being (2018, background): “Meaningful work is considered to arise when people have an understanding of their abilities, what is expected of them, and how to function successfully in their work environments (Steger & Dik, 2009).”
Meaningful work, work engagement and organisational commitment (2014, background): “Olivier and Rothmann (2007) and Van Zyl et al. (2010) attest to the relationship between psychological meaningfulness and work engagement, whilst Steger and Dik (2009; 2010) suggest a link between work engagement, organisational commitment and psychological meaningfulness.”
Finding a Meaningful Life as a Developmental Task in Emerging Adulthood (2014, background): “In samples of undergraduate students, Steger and Dik (2009) found that finding meaning in their careers satisfied their search for meaning in their lives.”