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.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1985507 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Varghese, Johnson George |
| Contributors | Davis, Mark, Hancock, Julie, Pavur, Robert J. |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Varghese, Johnson George, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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