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      ME-Work: Development and Validation of a Modular Meaning in Work Inventory

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          As research on meaning in work progresses, access to theoretically integrated, differentiated survey instruments becomes crucial. In response to this demand, the present article introduces ME-Work, a modular inventory to measure meaning in work. Derived from research findings on meaning in life, the ME-Work inventory offers three modules that can be used separately or jointly. Module 1 assesses four facets of meaning in work, i.e., coherence, significance, purpose and belonging; module 2 measures the subjective assessment of work as meaningful or meaningless, and module 3 records the extent to which work is perceived as a source of meaning. We report on the development of the instrument and the results of an exploratory factor analysis in a pilot study of 115 working adults. A further study with 278 working adults provided evidence for construct and incremental validity. Relationships with meaning in life, mental health, job satisfaction, socio-moral climate, burnout and work as meaning were investigated. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the factor structure. Gender-specific analyses of the four facets of meaning’s differential predictive power provided additional insights. Practical implications and further research needs are discussed.

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                Journal
                Front Psychol
                Front Psychol
                Front. Psychol.
                Frontiers in Psychology
                Frontiers Media S.A.
                1664-1078
                07 December 2020
                2020
                : 11
                : 599913
                Affiliations
                [1] 1Existential Psychology Lab, Institute of Psychology, University of Innsbruck , Innsbruck, Austria
                [2] 2Psychology of Religion and Existential Psychology, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society , Oslo, Norway
                Author notes

                Edited by: Carlos María Alcover, Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain

                Reviewed by: Amelia Manuti, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy; Sheila Keener, Old Dominion University, United States

                *Correspondence: Tatjana Schnell, tatjana.schnell@ 123456uibk.ac.at

                This article was submitted to Organizational Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology

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                10.3389/fpsyg.2020.599913
                7793865
                33424714
                1728b37a-f133-4153-9e5a-7654c13e794f
                Copyright © 2020 Schnell and Hoffmann.

                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

                History
                : 28 August 2020
                : 11 November 2020
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                Figures: 1, Tables: 7, Equations: 0, References: 125, Pages: 18, Words: 0
                Categories
                Psychology
                Original Research

                Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                meaningful work,meaningless work,source of meaning,coherence,belonging,significance,purpose,burnout

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