Meaningful Motivation for Work Motivation Theory
By Christopher Michaelson. 2005
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Subfields: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
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In Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
- Adam M. Grant
- Michael G. Pratt
- Douglas A. Lepisto
- Christopher Michaelson
- Muhammad Usman
- Moazzam Ali
- Muhammad Luqman Tauheed Rana
- Muhammad Khalid Anser
Citations in the corpus
- Relational Job Design and the Motivation to Make a Prosocial Difference (2007, background): “…motivation to make a prosocial difference, I move beyond predominantly individualistic, rationalistic theories of work motivation (see Kahn, 1990; Michaelson, 2005; Shamir, 1991) toward an understanding of employees as motivated to experience their actions and identities as meaningfully…”
- Ethical leadership and knowledge hiding: an intervening and interactional analysis (2020, background): “moral issue and argued that enhancing employees’ experience of MW as leaders’ moral obligation (Bowie, 1998; Michaelson, 2005; Michaelson et al., 2014; Wang & Lin, 2018).”
- A Normative Meaning of Meaningful Work (2019, background): “2018a, b; Hsieh 2008; Michaelson 2005; Moriarty 2009; Pope John Paul II 1981), professionals who may be uninspired by the work they choose (e.g., Beadle and Knight 2012; Michaelson 2019; Yeoman 2014), managers who sometimes seem to manipulate meaning for money (e.g., Lips-Wiersma and Morris 2009;…”
- Impact and the art of motivation maintenance: The effects of contact with beneficiaries on persistence behavior (2007, background): “Fifth, our research answers recent calls for motivation research to venture beyond individualistic, rationalistic perspectives toward more relational, meaning-centered perspectives (Kahn, 1990; Michaelson, 2005; Shamir, 1991; Thompson & Bunderson, 2003; Wrzesniewski, Dutton, & Debebe, 2003).”
- Meaningful work as realization and justification (2017, background): “Rather, its provision is an important humanistic endeavor in and of itself (Michaelson, 2005; Podolny et al., 2005; Pratt & Ashforth, 2003).”