Making work meaningful - simple ways to bring purpose to jobs

About this episode

The episode discusses how to bring meaning and purpose to jobs with insights from recent research.

In this edition of the Evolve Workplace Wellbeing Podcast, Professor Sara Connolly from the University of Leicester speaks with Professor Ying Zhou from the University of Surrey, where she is Director of the Future of Work Research Centre. Her research is focused on job quality, occupation and employee wellbeing and in this podcast she shares findings from her latest work on the Skills and Employment Survey, focusing on meaning and purpose at work. She explains that when people are able to us...

People in this episode

Host: Professor Sara Connolly

Guest: Professor Ying Zhou

Topics covered

• work meaning
• job purpose
• employee wellbeing
• occupation quality
• Skills and Employment Survey

Keywords

• work meaning
• employee wellbeing
• job quality
• purpose at work
• Skills and Employment Survey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Leicester, University of Surrey, Future of Work Research Centre

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