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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Sociology

Background:

  • The psychology of working theory posits that decent work is a prerequisite for meaningful work.
  • Social connection is identified as a key mechanism through which decent work contributes to meaningfulness.
  • Existing literature highlights the importance of meaningful work but requires further longitudinal investigation into its predictors and mediators.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To longitudinally examine the relationship between decent work and meaningful work.
  • To investigate the mediating roles of social connection (social contact, helping others, community belonging) in the decent-meaningful work relationship.
  • To contribute to the psychology of working theory and the meaningful work literature.

Main Methods:

  • A longitudinal study surveyed a large online sample of working adults four times over nine months.
  • Statistical analyses examined the between-person and within-person associations between decent work and meaningful work.
  • Mediation analyses tested the roles of social contact, helping others, and community belonging.

Main Results:

  • Decent work was positively associated with meaningful work at both overall levels and in terms of positive changes over time.
  • Community belonging mediated the decent-meaningful work relationship at the between-person level.
  • Helping others mediated the decent-meaningful work relationship at the within-person level.

Conclusions:

  • Decent work is a significant predictor of meaningful work, both statically and dynamically.
  • Social connection, specifically community belonging and helping others, plays a crucial role in linking decent work to meaningfulness.
  • Findings support and extend the psychology of working theory by identifying specific social mediators.