Sinnvolle Arbeit leisten – Arbeit sinnvoll leisten / Doing meaningful work – working in a meaningful way

Voswinkel Stephan ()
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Voswinkel Stephan: Institut für Sozialforschung an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M. Senckenberganlage 26, 60325 Frankfurt a.M.

Arbeit, 2016, vol. 24, issue 1-2, 31-48

Abstract: „Meaningful” work is a social or professional definition of its use value. People refer to the institutional attribution of meaning when attempting to appropriate their work. Often they superimpose the function of their work by using frames of meaning. On the other hand work should be done in a meaningful way. So the organization and the conditions of work are important for the experienced meaningfulness of work. Finally, work is a dimension of the appropriation of life. Its diversity can be affected by an excessive attribution of meaning to work.

Keywords: meaningful work; alienation; appropriation; good work; sinnvolle Arbeit; Entfremdung; Aneignung; gute Arbeit; meaningful work; alienation; appropriation; good work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1515/arbeit-2016-0004

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