The worthy employee: Serious leisure through alternative forms of spirituality

Andrada Tobias
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Andrada Tobias: Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Sociology and Social Work Review, 2020, vol. 4, issue 2, 100-109

Abstract: The analyzes undertaken in the present study focus on those who have adopted a new lifestyle, strongly centered around self-development through recreational practices. Also, the interest of the research was directed towards the way in which leisure became a new type of work for some of the employees of large corporations. As recent research shows, a significant portion of employees feel the pressure to outdo themselves and build an impressive career. Precisely to maximize their chances of success, individuals become more flexible, more creative, more autonomous and more motivated to improve their skills. As my fieldwork has shown, in order to be able to survive the increased competition, employees are in a continuous work with their own person, which can lead to frustration, anxiety and insecurity. In this context, individuals seek support and, at least some of them, identify them in recreational practices that resonate with alternative forms of spirituality. In order to understand how alternative forms of spirituality have entered the area of recreational practices and how leisure has become a new type of work, I began to participate in various spiritual development programs existing in Romania.

Keywords: Employee; neoliberalism; serious leisure; spirituality; self-development. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 J24 J28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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