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Broadfoot, Kirsten J; Carlone, David; Medved, Caryn E; Aakhus, Mark; Gabor, Elena; Taylor, Karen Meaning/ful Work and Organizational Communication: Questioning Boundaries, Positionalities, and Engagements 2008 Article Organisation and Management Studies, Meaningful Work Meaningful Work, Meaning Of Work, Psychology, Happiness, Well-Being, Organisation Communication, Communication
Citation Broadfoot, Kirsten J; Carlone, David; Medved, Caryn E; Aakhus, Mark; Gabor, Elena; Taylor, Karen 2008 Article Manage. Commun. Q. Meaningful Work Meaning Of Work Psychology Happiness Well-Being Organisation Communication Communication Organisation and Management Studies Meaningful Work

"Meaning/ful Work and Organizational Communication: Questioning Boundaries, Positionalities, and Engagements"

by Broadfoot, Kirsten J; Carlone, David; Medved, Caryn E; Aakhus, Mark; Gabor, Elena; Taylor, Karen (2008)

Abstract

As organizational communication scholars, we routinely orient ourselves to organizations as places of work while often ignoring the diverse forms of communicative work and communication about our working lives that underpin such locales. In this essay, we consider how the study of meaningful work problematizes the boundaries of organizational communication. Specifically, we reflect on how definitions of meaningful work are very much caught up in our contemporary milieu. Organizational communication scholars, then, must …

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Meaningful Work, Meaning Of Work, Psychology, Happiness, Well-Being, Organisation Communication, Communication

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Organisation and Management Studies, Meaningful Work

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