Meaningful Work: Viktor Frankl’s Legacy for the 21st Century

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This book offers meaningful work as one of the most relevant issues for 21st century workplaces, and organizations seeking to develop leadership and drive positive change. It uses Viktor Frankl’s legacy as a scientific and philosophical pioneer, while combining cutting edge research findings from the behavioural sciences, organizational and management research, and human resource development with outstanding examples of new work approaches of leadership from around the globe. In order to respond to 21st century demands on meaningful work, this book harnesses the power of living meaning, values, purpose and compassion in workplaces. Beate von Devivere shows managers, human resources experts, consultants, coaches, medical experts, students and counsellors as well as all dedicated individuals, how to find meaning in their organizations, their teams and individual functions and challenges, bringing Viktor Frankl’s approach to today’s workplaces. Integrating a wide range of knowledge and expertise, this book covers organizational development, management practice, and findings from psychology, neuroscience as well as therapeutic approaches and new work concepts. Meaningful work is promoting an integrated approach for the ‘Copernican turn’, further promoting meaningful work, purpose and a good life. Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Introduction: Man’s Search for Meaning – More Current Than Ever (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 1-6 The Image of Humans in Search for Meaning (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 7-17 Searching and Finding Meaning: Viktor Frankl’s Approach (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 19-52 What Is Man? (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 53-71 Twenty-First-Century Meaning Challenges of Work (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 73-77 Meaning in the Twenty-First-Century Workplaces (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 79-83 A Two-Dimensional Approach (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 85-87 The Twenty-First Century Cry for Meaning (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 89-101 Man, as He Is (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 103-126 The Inherent Demand Quality of Present Work Life (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 127-138 Initiating the Copernican Turn: Answering the “What for” (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 139-146 Toward a Meaningful, Integrated Approach: We Reap What We Sow (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 147-150 Igniting the Spark in Every Person (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 151-161 New Work: New Culture (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 163-171 Values: A “New Surge of Responsibleness” Arising (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 173-183 Leadership: Taking Responsibility (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 185-208 The Human Potentials (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 209-219 Meaning, Work, and Well-Being: Empirical Findings (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 221-242 The Human Capacity: Current Approaches in Humanities (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 243-246 Meaning-Focused Approaches in Coaching, Counseling, and Psychotherapy (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 247-278 The Return of Philosophy to Every Day Life: Potentials for the Twenty-First-Century Renaissance (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 279-291 Optimism in the Face of Adversity (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 293-296 A Meaning-Centered Integrated Approach: Viktor Frankl’s Legacy for Twenty-First-Century Meaningful Work (Beate von Devivere)....Pages 297-312 Back Matter ....Pages 313-320