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10628: Building Meaningful Bridges: Engaging in the Interdisciplinary Conversation About Meaningful Work

Sunday, July 27, 2025
08:30 - 10:30 CEST (GMT+2)
Location: Bella Center: MR19
Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: International,Research,Diversity
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/zEAwx3
Meaningful work, as a concept broadly capturing individuals’ perceived significance or normative worthiness of their work, has been gaining growing attention among scholars. While much of this attention came from scholars interested in developing the meaningful work field, the relevance and value of examining meaningful work have been recognized by scholars from different research fields and disciplines. Still, research that studied meaningful work across research fields and disciplines remains sporadic, limiting the possibility of meaningful work to draw on interdisciplinary insights and further develop and mature as a field. By stimulating interdisciplinary conversations on meaningful work and potential new research directions and collaborations, this PDW brings together experts on meaningful work as well as experts from other research fields who studied meaningful work. At the start of the session, these experts will share their views and perspectives on meaningful work and learnings from conducting studies on the topic. Later in the session, they will lead roundtables with PDW participants to stimulate novel research idea creation and collaborations across the following four themes: a) meaningful work and business ethics, b) meaningful work and careers and spirituality, c) meaningful work and the future of work, and d) meaningful work and entrepreneurship.