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Problem
Loss of the significance of work
Nature:
As profit takes precedence over significance in the individual's understanding of work, there is a corresponding loss in the sense of creativity and purpose. The effect of this in the average workplace is an increase in worker-management tension.
Broader Problems:
Lack of job satisfaction
Inflexible management patterns
Inflexible management patterns
Aggravates:
Occupational stress
Alcoholic intoxication at work
Resignation to permanent joblessness
Limited opportunities for significant work
Unfruitful relationship between work and society
Strategies:
Creating meaningful work
Values:
Significance
Work
Insignificance
Loss
Overwork
Subject(s):
Social Activity
→
Work
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
16.02.1999 – 00:00 CET