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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Death Awareness and Meaningful Work: Considering Mortality and How It Relates to Individual Perceptions of Work

Varghese, Johnson George 08 1900 (has links)
While some individuals experience their work as meaningful, others, with the same job, do not. The purpose of this dissertation is to answer the following question: Why do different individuals, with the same job, view the meaningfulness of their work in conflicting ways? I draw on terror management theory and generativity theory to answer this question by testing the relationship between death awareness and meaningful work. The bulk of academic work concerning meaningful work focuses on its outcomes and few scholars have explained the antecedents of meaningful work. This study aims to extend empirical work of the relationship between death awareness and meaningful.
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Utebliven klientkontakt : - dess påverkan på tillfredsställelse, motivation och effektivitet i arbetet. / Client contact that fails to appear : - it´s effect on satisfaction, motivation and effeciency at work

Backstig, Mathilda, Gustafsson, Nathalie January 2016 (has links)
Klientkontakt utgör en central del i handläggares arbete. Denna studie undersöker och belyser handläggares upplevelser, känslor och inställning vid utebliven klientkontakt och hur detta påverkar handläggares arbetstillfredsställelse, arbetsmotivation och arbetseffektivitet. När en klient inte kommer till ett bokat besök eller missköter sin avtalade kontaktfrekvens med sin handläggare, kan “en lucka” uppstå i arbetet där handläggarens tillfredsställelse, motivation och effektivitet i arbetet tenderar att förändras. Denna studie är kvantitativ och lägger vikt vid handläggares perspektiv på utebliven klientkontakt. För att få svar på frågeställningarna samlades data in genom en webbenkät. Enkäten skickades ut till sammanlagt 284 handläggare som är verksamma i Jönköpings län, varav 115 handläggare besvarade enkäten. Resultatet visar att handläggares känsla av stöd vid utebliven klientkontakt och möjligheten att lägga ner så mycket tid på klienten som handläggare anser nödvändigt, är av betydelse för handläggarnas arbetstillfredsställelse och arbetsmotivation. För de handläggare som upplever utebliven klientkontakt som ett hinder, tar det också längre tid för att påbörja en ny arbetsuppgift efter insikt om att en klient uteblir från avtalad kontakt. Handläggares möjlighet att utföra sitt arbete, vilket inbegriper upplevelsen att göra ett meningsfullt arbete som klienten har nytta/glädje av, förhindras då klientkontakt uteblir från handläggares vardagliga arbete. / Client contact is a central part of social worker’s work environment. This study examines and highlights social worker’s experiences, feelings and attitude in case of no client contact, and how this affects social worker’s job satisfaction, work motivation and work efficiency. When a client does not come to a booked visit or mismanage his/hers agreed contact frequency with his/hers social worker, "a gap" occur in the work where the social worker’s satisfaction, motivation and efficiency at work tend to change. This study is quantitative and highlights the importance of social worker’s perspective on client contact that fails to appear. To get answers to the questions data were collected through a web survey. The questionnaire was sent out to 284 social workers that are active in Jönköping County, of which 115 social workers responded to the survey. Data were collected from the municipalities of Jönköping County through an online survey. The result shows that the social worker’s sense of support in case of no client contact and the opportunity to spend so much time on the client as the social worker deems necessary, is important for the social workers job satisfaction and motivation. For those social workers that experience client contact that fails to appear as a barrier, it also takes longer to start a new task after the realization that a client fails to appear at the agreed contact. When the client contact fail to appear from social worker’s daily work, it prevents social worker’s opportunity to do their work, which includes to do a meaningful work that the client benefit of and enjoy.
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The Pursuit of purpose at work among millennials

Soria Rojo, Silvia 22 June 2018 (has links)
Submitted by Anderson do Nascimento Ricci (anderson.ricci@fgv.br) on 2018-08-01T19:49:52Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação completa.pdf: 2599879 bytes, checksum: 5070d266fa2935b7500eb453201f626a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Janete de Oliveira Feitosa (janete.feitosa@fgv.br) on 2018-08-02T17:39:33Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação completa.pdf: 2599879 bytes, checksum: 5070d266fa2935b7500eb453201f626a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T18:02:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação completa.pdf: 2599879 bytes, checksum: 5070d266fa2935b7500eb453201f626a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-06-22 / Purpose – In the human quest for meaning, work occupies a central position. Most adults spend the majority of their waking hours at work, which often serves as a primary source of purpose and meaning. As the firm’s workforce constitutes an important source of its success, both scholars and practitioners are paying increasing attention to the recent field of meaning and purpose at work. In the field of the study of Organizational Behaviour, this dissertation focuses on examining the work orientation of Millennials (money, status or purpose). Moreover, it also explores how the four potential drivers (Sense of belongingness, Sense of unity with others, Personal growth and Sense of impact) affect Meaningful work within the generation of Millennials. Design/methodology/approach –158 full-time employed Millennials are studied. The data is collected via an online survey. Findings – The analysis finds (1) Millennials are in the pursuit of purpose at work (2) Millennials value purpose over status and money (3) only sense of belongingness, personal growth and sense of impact affect meaningful work (4) sense of unity with others did not impact meaningful work of Millennials. Finally, (5) Sense of impact is the most influential driver. Research limitations – Due to the lack of mature measurements of sense of purpose and meaning at work, future research, need to develop better-designed and conceptually stronger measures of meaningful work. Millennials in developing countries should also be studied as it could improve the theoretical and practical implications derived from the research. Moreover, there are aspects, which remain to be answered, for example, how this model works for different contexts, such as industries, organisational cultures, and how it evolves through different life moments. Practical implications – The findings emphasise the importance of understanding the work orientation of Millennials as well as the drivers that increase the meaning and purpose at work. It will help managers to develop greater purpose at work by changing the way business practices are approached with a win-win situation. Employees will bring their full set of values and strengths to work and, in turn, the organisation will support the employee in using those values and strengths in service of its mission. Originality – Up to now, no study has focused on studying the drivers of Meaningful work among the Millennials generation. On top of that, some people see work in their lives as solely a source of income or status. Others are oriented to see work as primarily about purpose – personal fulfilment and helping other people. The relatively sparse empirical research published on the Millennials characteristics is confusing and contradictory, and thus, there has been an inconclusive debate about their work orientation. / Objetivo – Na procura humana pelo significado, o trabalho ocupa uma posição central. A maioria dos adultos passa a maior parte das suas horas acordados no seu trabalho, o que deveria tornar o trabalho como uma fonte primária de propósito e significado. No campo do estudo do Comportamento Organizacional, esta dissertação enfoca o exame da orientação do trabalho dos Millennials (dinheiro, status ou propósito). Além disso, também explora como os quatro impulsores potenciais (Senso de pertencer, Sentido de unidade com os outros, Crescimento pessoal e Senso de impacto) afetam o trabalho significativo dentro da geração de Millennials. Metodologia – 158 millennials empregados em período integral foram estudados. Os dados foram recolhidos através de um questionário online. Resultados – A análise concluí que (1) os Millennials procuram um propósito e um sentido no trabalho (2) Millennials sobrevalorizam o propósito e o sentido do trabalho sobre o status e dinheiro (3) apenas o sentimento de pertença, crescimento pessoal e o sentimento de diferença e impacto afetam o trabalho significativamente (4) o sentimento de unidade para com terceiros parece não impactar o trabalho significativo dos Millennials. Finalmente, (5) o sentimento de diferença e impacto (gerar uma diferença no trabalho) é a motivação mais influente no trabalho. Limitações – Devido à falta de medidas sólidas em relação ao sentimento de propósito e significado no trabalho, uma futura pesquisa poderá ser desenvolvida de forma a criar medidas que projetam melhor o trabalho significativo de forma mais estruturada. Seria também interessante estudar a geração dos Millennials nos países em desenvolvimento, pois poderá complementar as resoluções e implicações teóricas e práticas da análise. Por fim, existem aspetos que ainda procuram resposta, por exemplo, o funcionamento do modelo em contextos diversificados, como indústrias, culturas organizacionais, bem como a análise da evolução do conceito ao longo do tempo. Aplicabilidade do trabalho – Os resultados revelam a importância de entender melhor a orientação para o trabalho desta nova geração - Millennials - bem como os fatores que aumentam o seu significado e o seu propósito no trabalho. Adicionalmente, esta dissertação servirá como complemento e uma ajuda adicional para os gerentes das empresas atingirem um propósito maior no trabalho para os seus colaboradores, mudando a forma como as práticas de negócios são abordadas, de modo a gerar uma situação beneficial para ambas as partes. Por outras palavras, os funcionários veram reunidos um conjunto completo de valores e motivações para trabalhar, onde por sua vez, a organização servirá como apoio na melhor aplicação desses valores e motivações, de modo a atingir os objetivos e ambições das duas partes. Originalidade – No entanto, até ao momento, nenhum estudo se focou em analisar as forças por detrás do trabalho significativo da geração dos Millennials. Dado isto, é importante mencionar que algumas pessoas veem o trabalho como um meio de sustento ou um mero status. Outros são levados a identificar o trabalho como um propósito primordial - realização pessoal e ajuda a terceiros. A pesquisa empírica existente é relativamente escassa em relação aos Millennials e às suas características, sendo que muitas vezes é confusa e contraditória. Consequentemente, esta discórdia gera um debate inconclusivo sobre o tópico do trabalho.

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