11082: Peril and Promise in the New World of Work: Implications for Decency and Meaningfulness in Work

Sunday, July 27, 2025

08:30 - 10:00 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Hall C- C3-m15

Session Type: Symposium (panel)
Orientation: Practice,Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/D8EzX5

Participant(s)

PC

Peter Cappelli

University of Pennsylvania, United States

Slides
FM

Frederick Morgeson

Michigan State University, United States
ER

Erin Marie Reid

McMaster U., Canada
DR

Denise M. Rousseau

Carnegie Mellon U., United States
GS

Gretchen Spreitzer

University of Michigan, United States

Organizer(s)

CE

Cory M. Eisenhard

Michigan State University, United States

Decent and meaningful work are set apart in management theory and research but are intimately connected. Decent work reflects the minimum standards in working conditions and compensation that allow workers to live healthy and sustainable lives. Meaningful work reflects work's personal and societal significance in an aspirational sense. Today, both are in flux. Massive changes surrounding COVID-19, gig work and alternative work arrangements, artificial intelligence, DEI, platform capitalism, algorithmic management, and myriad other revolutionary developments in the world of work are reshaping workers’ experiences with and interpretations of decency and meaningfulness in work. Given fundamental changes in the work phenomenon, we have reached a critical moment to reflect on what constitutes decent and meaningful work and whether the nature of these constructs has changed. This panel symposium will consider the revolutionary forces shaping the sources of decency and meaningfulness in work and discuss the implications of these forces for theory, research, and practice.