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Please register now to read all responses and to join this discussion yourself. It's easy and 100% free.     Log in Expectancy Theory > Forum > Is your Job Meaningful? Is your Job Meaningful? Anneke Zwart, Student (University), Netherlands, Member Finding a purpose in your job is important for millennials and in fact for everybody. Nevertheless, many people have a job that they don't regard as meaningful. Therefore, they are not completely satisfied. This is not really surprising, especially when realizing that many common occupations are not immediately associated with ‘meaning’. Think about jobs like: cashier, sales representative, administrative employee, factory worker. But, doesn't it just depend on the way people define the word ‘meaningful’ when it comes to having a job? The former mentioned occupations, in the end, also help others within society. When ‘meaningful’ is associated with ‘giving’ and ‘helping others’, it means that nearly any role in any company can be seen as meaningful; each employee contributes to society In his/her own way. Finding meaning in your job requires the work you perform as a chance to help others, and being conscious about the ways in which your job ‘gives’ to society and/or how it su (...) Read more? Sign up for free   Please register now to read all responses and to join this discussion yourself. It's easy and 100% free. Sign up for free     Log in   Kitten and Cat Perspective of Meaning srinivas, Lecturer, India, Member (...)     Is your Job Meaningful? Josephat Olwal Ngesah, Kenya, Member (...)     A Way to Reframe a Job from Makings Products to Building a New Country Javier Elenes, Business Consultant, Mexico, Member (...)     Asking yourself "Is my Job Meaningful"? Henegar, Director, Member (...)     Choose a Study and Job you Like Doaa Saayed, Student (University), Lebanon, Member (...)     Every Job Has Significance and Meaning Attached! C.L. Kappagomtula, Professor, Malaysia, Member (...)     Asking Yourself: Is My Job Meaningful? joseph lemarleni, Manager, Kenya, Member (...)     It's All About Alignment! Sridhar Gopal, Management Consultant, India, Premium Member (...)     Is your Job Meaningful Engel, Project Manager, Germany, Member (...)     3 Factors for a Meaningful Job Jose Luis Figueroa, Management Consultant, Mexico, Member (...)     A Meaningful Job Must Balance Needs fred siyoi, Manager, Kenya, Member (...)     Is your Job Meaningful? anwer abdalla mohammed abubakr, Lecturer, Saudi Arabia, Member (...)     Meaningful for Whom? Oula denis Ignatius, Accountant, Uganda, Member (...)     What Motivates YOU in a Job may not Necessarily be what Motivates ME. Josephat Olwal Ngesah, Kenya, Member (...)     What is Enough? S. Lago, Business Consultant, Canada, Member (...)     Self Management is Key for Making your Job Meaningful to You Theophilus Mothusi, HR Consultant, Botswana, Premium Member (...)     Examples of Reframing Meaningful Work Maurice Hogarth, Consultant, United Kingdom, Member (...)

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