Re: Self-realization in work
Are you familiar with the work of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi? In hi book *Flow* there is a chapter on work as flow. Actually much of the book is about the way work can be experienced as a unifying, pleasurable even ecstatic experience. > At 05:11 AM 5/30/98 +0100, Robert Needham wrote: > > snip > > > > I'm searching for recent empirically based literature that > >examines freedoms and constraints on fulfilling the need for > >self-realization (or self-actualization) in waged work (and perhaps > >unwaged domestic work),
Re: Self-realization in work
At 05:11 AM 5/30/98 +0100, Robert Needham wrote: snip > > I'm searching for recent empirically based literature that >examines freedoms and constraints on fulfilling the need for >self-realization (or self-actualization) in waged work (and perhaps >unwaged domestic work), This statement MAY be an oxymoron. >and the impact that these freedoms and constraints >have upon human well-being. By self-realization, I basically mean the >development of human capacities in the course of achieving life plans. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? If not, can you think of the >names and locations of people who might be able to suggest something? >There must be some sociologists/psychologist out there who might know of >work on this topic. snip IMHO Dr Frithjof Bergmann of U of Michigan has done significant work in the area you are investigating. He describes his vision as "New Work" Some glimpses of his ideas may be had from the website http://www.vcn.bc.ca/newwork Colin Stark
Self-realization in work
Dear Futurework Subscribers, I am currently working on a project on human need fulfillment in work and free time. It is ultimately geared to making normative statements about how societies ought to be structured so as to allow for optimal need satisfaction in work and free time. I'm searching for recent empirically based literature that examines freedoms and constraints on fulfilling the need for self-realization (or self-actualization) in waged work (and perhaps unwaged domestic work), and the impact that these freedoms and constraints have upon human well-being. By self-realization, I basically mean the development of human capacities in the course of achieving life plans. Does anyone have any suggestions? If not, can you think of the names and locations of people who might be able to suggest something? There must be some sociologists/psychologist out there who might know of work on this topic. More generally, any literature that looks at people who claim to achieve self-realizaiton in their waged work, why the waged work is so important to these people for their self-realization, and that looks at what distinctive opportunities waged work may offer for self-realization, would be of interest. Many thanks for any suggestions you might have. Yours, Robert L. Needham Oxford University
