Exploring a model for finding meaning in the changing world of work (Part 2)
SA Journal of Industrial Psychology
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Exploring a model for finding meaning in the changing world of work (Part 2) | |
| Creator | Burger, Daniel H. Crous, Freddie Roodt, Gert | |
| Description | Orientation: This article explores the role that meaning, as logotherapy conceptualises it, can play to facilitate organisational changes.Research purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore further a model an earlier paper proposed for using employees’ experiences of meaning in work contexts to facilitate changes.Motivation for the study: The researchers could not find a comprehensive model in the literature for addressing employees’ experiences of meaning in, or at, work during organisational changes. A previous paper proposed such a model, but it addressed only one component fully. This article seeks to explore this model further to address this apparent gap in the literature.Research design, approach and method: The researchers used a literature review to conduct the study. The components of the model directed this review in order to find meaning at work.Main findings: The actions of organisations, which aim to create positive organisational contexts (through practices for improving meaning at work and transcendence) and to frame changes using ‘Logo-OD’, can improve employees’ experiences of meaning during organisational changes.Practical/managerial implications: Understanding the relationship between meaning and organisational change, and applying the model this article presents, can contribute to the overall success of change initiatives.Contribution/value-add: This study’s primary contribution stems from the novel framework it presents for organisations to use the knowledge about how employees search for meaning to facilitate changes. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2012-06-05 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajip.v38i1.968 | |
| Source | SA Journal of Industrial Psychology; Vol 38, No 1 (2012); 11 pages 2071-0763 0258-5200 | |
| Language | eng | |
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