Meaningful work: differences among blue-, pink-, and white-collar occupations
Meaningful work: differences among blue-, pink-, and white-collar occupations
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DOI：
10.1108/cdi-04-2016-0052
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
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3
通讯作者：
Dik, Bryan
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作者：
Lips-Wiersma, Marjolein;Wright, Sarah;Dik, Bryan
目的 - 本文的目的是比较目前对有意义工作 (MFW) 的重视程度，并确定蓝领、粉领和白领职业中经历有意义工作的频率。设计/方法/途径 - 使用综合有意义工作量表（Lips-Wiersma 和 Wright，2012），对两项研究中的 1,683 名工人进行方差分析，以检验 MFW 维度的差异。结果 - 在与他人团结并发展的同时内在自我对于白领、蓝领和粉领工人来说同样重要，作者的数据表明，白领工人比蓝领工人更重视充分发挥潜力和为他人服务。这三个群体中经历 MFW 的频率有所不同，白领工人与他人的团结程度较高，能够充分发挥潜力并为他人服务；原创性/价值——这项研究首次对一个经常讨论但之前未经检验的问题进行了实证调查：白领、蓝领和粉领工作的 MFW 体验是否有所不同？
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to compare the importance currently placed on meaningful work (MFW), and determine the frequency by which it is experienced in blue-, pink-, and white-collar occupations.Design/methodology/approachs - Using the comprehensive meaningful work scale (Lips-Wiersma and Wright, 2012) with 1,683 workers across two studies, ANOVAs were conducted to examine differences in dimensions of MFW.Findings - While unity with others and developing the inner self were regarded as equally important for white-, blue-, and pink-collar workers, the authors data suggest that white-collar workers placed more importance on expressing full potential and serving others than blue-collar workers. The frequency of experiencing MFW differed across the three groups with white-collar workers experiencing higher levels of unity with others, expressing full potential, and serving others; however no mean differences were found for developing the inner self.Originality/value - This study is the first to empirically investigate an oft-discussed but previously untested question: does the experience of MFW differ across white-, blue-, and pink-collar jobs?