Why We Don’t Talk About Meaning at Work

Marjolein Lips-Wiersma; Catherine Bailey; Adrian Madden; Lani Morris

Why We Don’t Talk About Meaning at Work

Marjolein Lips-Wiersma, Catherine Bailey, Adrian Madden, Lani Morris

The York Management School

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Abstract

Meaningful work will remain elusive if managers don’t learn to overcome four barriers to healthy conversations about what gives individuals their sense of purpose.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	33-38
Number of pages	6
Journal	MIT Sloan Management Review
Volume	63
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - 7 Jun 2022

Keywords

meaningful work

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https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/why-we-dont-talk-about-meaning-at-work/

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