Meaningful work is something we all want. Bosses play no
role in fostering a sense of meaningfulness at work -- but they do have the
capacity to destroy it and should stay out of the way, new research shows.
Professor Bailey says: "In experiencing work as
meaningful, we cease to be workers or employees and relate as human beings,
reaching out in a bond of common humanity to others.”
He explained, “We were
anticipating that our data would show that the meaningfulness experienced by
employees in relation to their work was clearly associated with actions taken
by managers, such that, for example, transformational leaders would have
followers who found their work meaningful, whereas transactional leaders would
not. Instead, our research showed that quality of leadership received virtually
no mention when people described meaningful moments at work, but poor
management was the top destroyer of meaningfulness.”
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