Work and job: What do they mean to the unemployed?
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Title
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Work and job: What do they mean to the unemployed?
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Identifier
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AAI8914739
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identifier
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8914739
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Creator
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Andersson, Marie-Louise E. B.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Mahmoud Wahba
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Date
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1988
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Business Administration, Management
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to (a) theoretically develop and apply the concept of meaning to the domains of work and job, (b) separate the meaning of work from the meaning of job, (c) operationalize the concepts of work and job meaning, and (d) explore the potentials for using meaning as a measure of work and job perceptions. The study was specifically aimed at unemployed individuals, who have been ignored in the literature on work and job and for which no other concepts have been developed to meet their unique circumstances. Two dimensions of work meaning named, work acceptability and work instrumentality; and two dimensions of job meaning named, situational job meaning and personal relevance job meaning, were used as the basis for comparisons. The subjects were selected from the Labor Department category of "administrative support including clerical". Comparisons were made between employed and unemployed subjects and between subgroups of unemployed subjects as determined by unemployment stages, sex, age, marital status, number of dependents, education and the number of times previously unemployed. The results supported a separation of work and job meaning and suggested that the concept of meaning has potentials for measuring work and job perceptions, specifically, for groups of individuals who do not by definition have a job. Many statistical differences were found mostly in support of the hypothesized relationships between work/job meanings, employment status, and personal characteristics of the unemployed.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
