What makes work meaningful or meaningless?

Question 1

What are the 5 factors of meaningfulness, what they briefly mean?

Answer 1

1) Self-transcendent (mattered to others more than themselves)
2) Poignant (rather than just euphoric - unpleasant, distressing)
3) Episodic (peak times, rather than sustained)
4) Reflective (in retrospect with reflection - entrepreneur)
5) Personal (important of work to personal life - musician, father coming to performance)

Question 2

What are the 7 deadly sins of meaninglessness?

Answer 2

1) Disconnect people from their values
2) Take workers for granted
3) Give people pointless work
4) Treat people unfairly
5) Overpower peoples good judgement
6) Disconnect people from supportive relationships
7) Put people at risk of physical or mental harm

Question 3

What are the 4 components of holistic meaningfulness?

Answer 3

Organizational meaningfulness
Job Meaningfulness
Task meaningfulness
Interactional meaningfulness