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An Exploration of Gender and Career Stage Differences on a Multidimensional Measure of Work Meaningfulness

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Lopez, FG; Ramos, K
Published in: Journal of Career Assessment
August 1, 2017

In recent years, the constructs of work meaning and work meaningfulness have been differentiated, and multidimensional measures of the latter have been developed. In the present study, we administered one such measure—the Comprehensive Meaningful Work Scale (CMWS)—to a gender-balanced and age-diverse sample of managers and conducted a multivariate analysis of CMWS scores that explored the contributions of participants’ gender and their adult career stage. As hypothesized, the CMWS subscale scores were negatively correlated with participants’ scores on an independent measure of work stress. Results also revealed a significant multivariate effect associated with their career stage that was limited to one CMWS subscale (i.e., “balancing tensions”), with managers in their “prime work years” (i.e., 40–54) evidencing less favorable scores than those in either the “settling in” (i.e., 25–39) or “approaching retirement” (i.e., 55–65) stages. The implications of these findings for future research on work meaningfulness are discussed.

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Published In

Journal of Career Assessment

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EISSN

1552-4590

ISSN

1069-0727

Publication Date

August 1, 2017

Volume

25

Issue

3

Start / End Page

423 / 433

Related Subject Headings

  • General Psychology & Cognitive Sciences
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
  • 3505 Human resources and industrial relations
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1503 Business and Management
  • 1303 Specialist Studies in Education
 

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Lopez, F. G., & Ramos, K. (2017). An Exploration of Gender and Career Stage Differences on a Multidimensional Measure of Work Meaningfulness. Journal of Career Assessment, 25(3), 423–433. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072716639851
Lopez, F. G., and K. Ramos. “An Exploration of Gender and Career Stage Differences on a Multidimensional Measure of Work Meaningfulness.” Journal of Career Assessment 25, no. 3 (August 1, 2017): 423–33. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072716639851.
Lopez FG, Ramos K. An Exploration of Gender and Career Stage Differences on a Multidimensional Measure of Work Meaningfulness. Journal of Career Assessment. 2017 Aug 1;25(3):423–33.
Lopez, F. G., and K. Ramos. “An Exploration of Gender and Career Stage Differences on a Multidimensional Measure of Work Meaningfulness.” Journal of Career Assessment, vol. 25, no. 3, Aug. 2017, pp. 423–33. Scopus, doi:10.1177/1069072716639851.
Lopez FG, Ramos K. An Exploration of Gender and Career Stage Differences on a Multidimensional Measure of Work Meaningfulness. Journal of Career Assessment. 2017 Aug 1;25(3):423–433.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Career Assessment

DOI

EISSN

1552-4590

ISSN

1069-0727

Publication Date

August 1, 2017

Volume

25

Issue

3

Start / End Page

423 / 433

Related Subject Headings

  • General Psychology & Cognitive Sciences
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
  • 3505 Human resources and industrial relations
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1503 Business and Management
  • 1303 Specialist Studies in Education