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Crafting scholarly life: Strategies for creating meaning in academic careers
Author(s) -
Wellman Ned,
Spreitzer Gretchen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/job.708
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , task (project management) , psychology , work (physics) , cognition , sociology , social psychology , public relations , management , political science , psychotherapist , engineering , mechanical engineering , economics , neuroscience
Job crafting, which occurs when individuals proactively make changes to their jobs, can be a useful tool for academics seeking more meaningful careers. We suggest changes to the cognitive, task, and relational aspects of academic jobs that can infuse scholarly work with more personal meaning. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.