20.500.12556/DKUM-95699 Scoping out the common-sense perspective on meaningful work theory, data and implications for human resource management and development Razkrivanje zdravorazumskega pogleda na smiselno delo teorija, podatki in posledice za upravljanje in razvoj človeških virov Background/Purpose: Meaningful work is a topic of relevant interest to management and organizational scholars. The study of meaningful work has been heavily characterized by theories from different disciplines, yet the common-sense perspective is often overlooked, i.e., a non-academic perspective of meaningful work. The paper presents a qualitative study on how non-academics define meaningful work. Methods: Adopting the lens of Aristotelian logic, the paper presents a methodological-theoretical approach to explore how non-academics define human resource management concepts. We asked 194 workers to propose ultimate definitions of the concept of meaningful work. The questions were submitted via a short survey collecting demographics. Results: The analysis of the collected definitions led to the proposition of an intensive definition of meaningful work according to which meaningful work is a positive experience associated with a sense of competence, the presence of positive relation with others, significance and purpose of work. Yet, there must be good reasons to experience work as meaningful as the environment may contain barriers to the presence of meaningfulness. Conclusion: Methodologically, the paper advances a novel approach to the study of human resource management and development concepts. Theoretically, the study proposes a novel perspective of meaningful work prioritizing concerns on the common-sense. Ozadje/namen: Smiselno delo je tema, ki je pomembna za strokovnjake s področja managementa in organizacij. Preučevanje smiselnega dela je bilo močno zaznamovano s teorijami iz različnih disciplin, vendar je zdravorazumska perspektiva pogosto spregledana, tj. neakademska perspektiva smiselnega dela. Članek predstavlja kvalitativno študijo o tem, kako ne-akademiki opredeljujejo smiselno delo. Metode: Prispevek s pomočjo aristotelovske logike predstavlja metodološko-teoretični pristop k raziskovanju, kako ne-akademiki opredeljujejo koncepte upravljanja človeških virov. 194 zaposlenih smo prosili, da predlagajo končne definicije pojma smiselnega dela. Vprašanja so bila poslana prek kratke ankete, ki je zbirala tudi demografske podatke. Rezultati: Analiza zbranih definicij je privedla do predloga intenzivne definicije smiselnega dela, po kateri je smiselno delo pozitivna izkušnja, povezana z občutkom kompetentnosti, prisotnostjo pozitivnega odnosa z drugimi, pomenom in namenom dela. Vendar pa morajo obstajati dobri razlogi, da delo doživljamo kot smiselno, saj lahko okolje vsebuje ovire za prisotnost smiselnosti. Zaključek: Metodološko prispevek uveljavlja nov pristop k preučevanju konceptov upravljanja s človeškimi viri in razvoja. Teoretično študija predlaga novo perspektivo smiselnega dela, ki daje prednost zdravemu razumu. meaningful work common-sense employee wellbeing human resource management and development smiselno delo zdrava pamet dobro počutje zaposlenih upravljanje in razvoj človeških virov true true true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2025-10-13 09:32:47 2025-10-13 09:32:47 2025-10-14 03:17:26 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 str. 80-89 issue 1 Vol. 56 2023 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2023-01-01 331.1 252848899 10.2478/orga-2023-0006 1318-5454 https://organizacija.fov.um.si/issues/vol-56-no-1-2023/ 1 d0fd6435-a806-11f0-9756-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=199804 RAZ_Tommasi_Francesco_2023.pdf RAZ_Tommasi_Francesco_2023.pdf 1 0495C459A16AAD908C970F69893C08E7 ddd091b6041d7f856e0fecab71aaf3340614927cc80eb307fd0e2bcbdf4669cb 0db45376-a807-11f0-9756-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=199805 Fakulteta za organizacijske vede Organizacija 0 0 0