ποΈJoin us for a rich and insightful (we promise!) Showcase Symposium on meaningful work this coming AoM!
Over the past few years, we've seen the Great Resignation become the Great Reshuffle and then the Great Rethink, but the story keeps unfolding. From quiet quitting to AI anxiety, remote isolation to Gen Z's purpose-driven demands, one theme keeps surfacing:
π‘ People aren't just asking what they do - they're asking why it matters.
And yet, while workers experience meaningful work through complex emotional, moral, and cultural layers, our research continues to view it as a static cognitive appraisal.
That's the paradox this symposium tackles!
Join us at as we try to move beyond cognition to explore how emotions, relationships, and culture shape what meaningful work (and life) feels like, and how we might study it more holistically.
π Showcase Symposium: Finding Meaning at Work Beyond Cognitions: Emotional, Social, and Cultural Predictors of Work and Life Meaningfulness
π July 29 | 12:00β13:30 CEST | Copenhagen
β¨ Featuring 5 exciting papers:
π« Elaf Basri, Susan Elaine Murphy, Yumeng Yue | The Emotional Tapestry of Meaningfulness: How Emotional Diversity Shapes and Sustains Meaningful Work
π Sandy Fisher, Julie Viviana CedeΓ±o Bustos, Prof Crystal Hoole, Adam Tresidder, Jenna Van Fossen, Erica Boucher | Developing a Multicultural Model of Meaningful Work: A Measurement Equivalence Study
π§©Luke Hedden, Shannon Sciarappa, Marie Dasborough, Taylor Dutil | For the Love of Work?: An Integrative Conceptual Review of Meaningful Work and Emotions
πMegan Gorges, Greg Fetzer, Gabriel Sala | Talkin' about my generation: Negotiating "professionalism" and the meaning of work through intergenerational interactions
π Ben Rogers, Sarah Ward, Remy Jennings, Ph.D., Benjamin Trachik | Transformational Leadership Behaviors and Follower's Meaning in Life
Hope to see you all there!
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Elaf Basri SHRM-SCP
Doctoral Researcher | Management |Organization Studies
The University of Edinburgh Business School
T: +44 7427 615234
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E.Basri@sms.ed.ac.uk------------------------------