Search results for "mielekkyys"

Feeling Good and Being Inspired on Campus : Meaningful Work in Academia

2020

Theories related to good and caring organisations have gained interest amongst researchers. In particular, the concept of meaningful work has been under discussion recently in academia. This study contributes to knowledge of the concept of meaningful work by examining it from the perspective of good and caring organisations in the higher education context. Our focus this chapter is on the positive opportunities individual lecturers have to make their own work meaningful and to promote their students’ experiences of meaningfulness. The empirical findings are based on the analysis of qualitative data collected from a management course with special attention to relational features, such as dia…

Eudaimonia and temperance : A pathway to a flourishing life

2024

The concept of planetary well-being rests on the idea that since human activities are among the root causes of the ecological crisis threatening the well-being of human and nonhuman nature, accordingly, solutions lie in transforming human behaviour and shifting the prevailing paradigm towards embracing enhanced visions of the “good life.” The ongoing ecological crisis has evoked profound questions regarding the nature of the good life, requiring consciousness and reflection of scholars’ paradigmatic worldviews. This chapter adopts the lenses of transformative consumer research (TCR) and positive psychology, emphasizing individual, societal, and environmental well-being—challenging the assum…

Social Participation Considered as Meaningful in old age − the Perceptions of Senior Housing Residents in Finland

2023

AbstractAs populations across the world age, there is a recognised need for promoting social participation in older adults. Previous studies related to social participation have addressed that interactions perceived as meaningful may improve quality of life in old age. However, what is less clear is the nature of such participation from the perspective of older adults, as the vast majority of studies have been quantitative. The present study aimed to explore what characterises social participation that contributes to a meaningful everyday life, from the viewpoint of independently living Finnish older adults. Thematic analysis was used as an interpretative method drawing on semi-structured i…

"Ilman koulua ei pärjää maailmassa" : lasten sosiaalistuminen alakoulun kulttuuriin

2012

Tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli selvittää, mihin viidesluokkalaiset ovat sosiaalistuneet alakoulussa. Tarkempina tutkimuskysymyksinä olivat: mikä on koulunkäynnin merkitys viidesluokkalaisille, minkälaiset ovat lasten vaikutusmahdollisuudet koulussa ja minkälainen on koulun piilo-opetussuunnitelma. Tämän lisäksi sosialisaatioon liittyen tutkittiin oppilaiden osallisuutta koulun päätöksenteossa sekä koettua opiskelun ja oppimisen mielekkyyttä. Tutkimuksen keskeisenä näkökulmana oli oppilaiden kritiikitön asennoituminen kouluun ja sitä kautta ilmenevä koulun kulttuuriin sosiaalistuminen. Tutkimuksen aineisto kerättiin syksyllä 2011 haastattelemalla 3-4 hengen ryhmissä yhteensä 29 oppilasta, kahde…

Rationality, experiences or identity work? Sensemaking of emotionally tense experiences of organizational sustainability

2021

Purpose Although emotional tensions related to organizational sustainability have been identified, little is known about how employees aim to resolve such situations. This study aims to explore how employees use sensemaking to resolve emotionally tense situations concerning organizational sustainability. Design/methodology/approach The authors studied a case in which, while employees attached positive emotions to organizational sustainability, external stakeholders viewed it negatively. Specifically, the study analyzed how employees used sensemaking to resolve such tense experiences and how this sensemaking eventually influenced their actions. To this end, the authors interviewed 25 employ…

Ponnistelujen ja palkkioiden epäsuhdan sekä ylisitoutuneisuuden yhteys työn intohimoon

2017

Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli lisätä tietoa työssä ilmenevien ponnistelujen ja palkkioiden epäsuhdan sekä ylisitoutuneisuuden yhteyksistä kahteen erilaiseen työn intohimoon: harmoniseen ja pakonomaiseen. Tutkimus kohdistui 270 suomalaiseen toimihenkilöön. Tutkittavista 220 oli miehiä (81.5%) ja tutkittavien keski-ikä oli 42 vuotta (kh 3.3, vaihteluväli 34—47). Hierarkkisen lineaarisen regressioanalyysin tulokset osoittivat, että ponnistelujen ja palkkioiden epäsuhta selitti korkeaa harmonista työn intohimoa. Ylisitoutuneisuus selitti vähäistä harmonista työn intohimoa ja korkeaa pakonomaista työn intohimoa. Ylisitoutuneisuus ei muuntanut ponnistelujen ja palkkioiden epäsuhdan yhteyttä kumpa…

Mielekkyyttä työhön : esimerkki korkeakoulukontekstista

2018

Illegitimate tasks in health care: Illegitimate task types and associations with occupational well-being.

2021

Aims and objectives: The aims of the study were to identify content categories of unreasonable and unnecessary illegitimate tasks and to investigate how unreasonable and unnecessary tasks relate to occupational wellbeing. Background: Illegitimate tasks are a common stressor among healthcare professionals, and they have been shown to have negative associations with occupational well-being. Despite this evidence, research has not yet uncovered what kinds of tasks healthcare professionals consider illegitimate. Design and method: The data gathered by means of an online survey consisted of 1024 municipal healthcare organisation employees. A theory-driven qualitative content analysis was used to…

Profiles of Work Engagement and Work-Related Effort and Reward Among Teachers: Associations to Occupational Well-Being and Leader–Follower Relationsh…

2022

This study examined teachers’ occupational well-being by identifying profiles based on teachers’ self-ratings of work engagement as well as work-related effort and reward. It also did so by examining whether the identified subgroups differed with respect to teachers’ self-reported occupational stress and emotional exhaustion as well as with respect to work-related resources such as the individual resource of work meaningfulness and the leader-level resource of the leader–follower relationship. The participants in the study were 321 Finnish elementary school teachers. The data were collected in spring 2021, that is, at the time when the COVID-19 pandemic was present, yet there were no nation…

Attributes of democratic culture as represented in young children’s drawings

2022

Democratic culture refers to a set of values, attitudes, and practices shared by citizens and institutions, without which democracy cannot exist. Preschools and schools have a core role in teaching and transmitting democratic culture as they offer most children their early encounters with the public realm that provides social environments for democratic culture. The aim of this article is to increase knowledge on democratic education of young children and creative means to implement it. The core questions raised are: How do young children understand their classroom social environment and their own role in it? Which of the children’s understandings of their classroom social environment refle…