"Sensemaking at Work: Meaningful Work Experience for Individuals and Organizations"

by Asik-Dizdar, Ozen; Esen, Ayla (2016)

Abstract

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to take a closer look at the concept of meaningful work experience for individuals and organizations, and discuss the role of sensemaking in creating it. Design/methodology/approach– The main argument of the paper is that sensemaking efforts are among the fundamental tools that help create meaningful work experience for both individuals and organizations. The paper offers a conceptual framework that presents the interplay between sensemaking tools and enabling mechanisms in relation to internal and external organizational environments. Findings– It is proposed that job crafting is a sensemaking tool – enabled by empowerment – for individuals to make sense of the internal environment of the organization; and strategy crafting is a sensemaking tool – enabled by organizational learning – for organizations to make sense of the external environment of the organization. Originality/value– This paper attempts to converge micro- and macro-level concepts by bringing together individual- and organizational-level variables into a joint discussion. It places job crafting and strategy crafting in the context of sensemaking theory, and it reinforces the idea of proposing models that will consider the multi-level implications of organizational research.

Keywords

Meaningful Work, Meaning Of Work, Psychology, Happiness, Well-Being, Empirical Study, Job Design, Job Crafting

Themes

Meaningful Work

Links to Reference

• https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-12-2013-0728
• http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-12-2013-0728
• https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJOA-12-2013-0728/full/html?casa_token=iLdmux3AYGgAAAAA:KIxDyyEGpZer4TM6SoCQxEjuDPlCU2DtT3ENgGLY11hxPaWVVyCWSFK3q2ffbH1nJMxoBoQdq_KF6X3Q098bDU7OtyCAIcushnZzi51fizqRGvRIimeX

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