Fostering meaningful work in organizations: A multi-level review and integration

EI Lysova, BA Allan, BJ Dik, RD Duffy… - Journal of vocational …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
With more individuals wanting their work to be meaningful, rather than just a source of
income, more organizations recognize that fostering meaningful work is crucial for engaging …

Significant work is about self-realization and broader purpose: Defining the key dimensions of meaningful work

F Martela, AB Pessi - Frontiers in psychology, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
Research on meaningful work has proliferated in recent years, with an increasing
understanding of the centrality of meaningfulness for work-related motivation, commitment …

Outcomes of meaningful work: A meta‐analysis

BA Allan, C Batz-Barbarich… - Journal of …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Using job characteristics theory as a framework, we calculated meta‐analytic effect sizes
between meaningful work and various outcomes and tested a mediated model of …

The psychology of working theory.

RD Duffy, DL Blustein, MA Diemer… - Journal of counseling …, 2016‏ - psycnet.apa.org
In the current article, we build on research from vocational psychology, multicultural
psychology, intersectionality, and the sociology of work to construct an empirically testable …

[HTML][HTML] What makes work meaningful? Longitudinal evidence for the importance of autonomy and beneficence for meaningful work

F Martela, M Gómez, W Unanue, S Araya… - Journal of vocational …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The significance of meaningful work for quality of work life has been confirmed by research
showing its importance both as regards to employee motivation, well-being, and …

Work as a calling: A theoretical model.

RD Duffy, BJ Dik, RP Douglass… - Journal of counseling …, 2018‏ - psycnet.apa.org
Perceiving work as a calling has been positioned as a key pathway to enhancing work-
related well-being. However, no formal theory exists attempting to explain predictors and …

Meaningful work and mental health: job satisfaction as a moderator

BA Allan, C Dexter, R Kinsey, S Parker - Journal of mental health, 2018‏ - Taylor & Francis
Background: Depression, anxiety and stress are common problems for modern workers.
Although having meaningful work, or work that is significant, facilitates personal growth, and …

Perceived work conditions and turnover intentions: The mediating role of meaning of work

C Arnoux-Nicolas, L Sovet, L Lhotellier… - Frontiers in …, 2016‏ - frontiersin.org
Perceived working conditions lead to various negative outcomes for employee behaviors,
including turnover intentions. Although potential mediators for these relationships were …

COVID-19 and the great resignation: The role of death anxiety, need for meaningful work, and task significance.

M Xu, SB Dust, S Liu - Journal of Applied Psychology, 2023‏ - psycnet.apa.org
One of the most perplexing aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is that although it created
employment uncertainty, employees were reporting a higher-than-expected intent to …

Work volition and job satisfaction: Examining the role of work meaning and person–environment fit

RD Duffy, KL Autin, EM Bott - The Career Development …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Building on core principles within the Psychology‐of‐Working Framework (PWF; Blustein,,),
the authors examined mediators that may explain the link between work volition and job …