Measuring Meaningful Work

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Fostering meaningful work in organizations: A multi-level review and integration (2019, background): “Although calling shares substantial conceptual overlap with meaningful work, including the desire to serve some greater good (Steger et al., 2012), its most distinctive element (see Brown & Lent, 2016) is its notion of a “transcendent summons” (Dik & Duffy, 2009).”
Finding Meaning in Nostalgia (2018, methodology): “Given that speculation has pointed to a negative association between work meaning and turnover intentions (Barrick, Mount, & Li, 2013; Steger et al., 2012), we hypothesized that work meaning would mediate the effect of nostalgia on reduced turnover intentions.”
Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction, Autonomous Motivation, and Meaningful Work: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective (2021, methodology): “For the current study, we define meaningful work as a person’s subjective perception that their work allows them to contribute to the greater good, facilitates personal growth, and holds significance (Steger et al., 2012).”
The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and Implications for the Structure of Wages (2018, neutral): “Meaningful work is “underrepresented in current models and measures of work characteristics” (Fairlie, 2011) but has received attention among organizational psychologists and sociologists (e.g., Smyer and Pitt-Catsouphes, 2007; Matz-Costa et al., 2017; Steger and Dik, 2012; Steger et al., 2012).”