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Just when organisations most need to harness the collective intelligence of colleagues and coworkers, increasing numbers report feeling disengaged and demotivated. This shows up in socio-cultural sub-trends that include quiet, loud and revenge quitting, bare-minimum Mondays, shift-sulking, office-frogging, job-hugging and more.
This episode Jen, Dom and Cat welcome Wharton Business School Professor Amy Wrzesniewski whose specialist research interests include the experience and meaning of work and the creation of meaning in challenging operating contexts.
They talk about the importance of finding meaning at work and how people succeed in making meaning even when work conditions become onerous.
S17, E5 – Finding meaning at work with Professor Amy Wrzesniewski transcript
About Professor Amy Wrzesniewski
Amy Wrzesniewski is the William and Jacalyn Egan Professor and Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated magna cum laude with an honors degree in psychology. She received her Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan.
She has won the IBM Faculty Award for her research, and has won awards for her undergraduate, graduate, and executive teaching. Her research on the meaning of work has been published in a wide range of top academic journals and highlighted in several best-selling books and popular press outlets, including The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, U.S. News and World Report, and The Economist, as well as bestselling books such as Drive by Daniel Pink, The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor, Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman, and The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler.
Her current research involves studying how employees shape their tasks, interactions and relationships with others in the workplace to change the meaning of the job.
Find Amy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-wrzesniewski-032229/
Find Amy at Wharton: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/amyw/
