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Fluid compensation in response to disappearance of the meaning of work
Author(s) -
Meng Liang,
Ouyang Feng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psych journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2046-0260
pISSN - 2046-0252
DOI - 10.1002/pchj.362
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , compensation (psychology) , task (project management) , work (physics) , psychology , social psychology , cognitive psychology , economics , psychotherapist , engineering , management , mechanical engineering
This study examined one's compensatory response to the sudden disappearance of the meaning of work. In a lab experiment, the unexpected termination of a preceding task was found to enhance one's labor supply in an irrelevant ensuing task, which provided direct support for one's pursuit of meaning and the fluid compensation strategy proposed by the Meaning Maintenance Model.