Dear Friends,
If you are attending the AoM Annual Meeting in Boston, please consider joining my PDW session on Friday, August 4, at 4pm Eastern at the Marriott. I would LOVE to see you!!!
Jeannel
SESSION 209
Creative-Spiritual Agency and Meaningful Work: An Emerging Theoretical Framework
Organizations tend to view creativity and innovation as performative outcomes, that is, a way of *doing* to further company goals. But employees are human *beings* who make meaning through their creativity and whose actions, decisions, and sense of purpose are guided by deeply held spiritual values. When employees are required - either explicitly or implicitly - to leave these parts of their authentic selves at the door when they go to work, employees feel less fulfilled. Workplace culture and mores may conflict with an employee's deeply held values, leading the employee to compromise or otherwise betray that which they hold most dear. Creativity becomes a performative tool and strategy for organizationally acceptable innovation rather than a source of curiosity, joy, and experimentation for the creator. Over time and under these conditions, one's sense of personal agency at work may erode. This lively PDW session introduces an emerging framework for creative-spiritual agency (CSA) as a personal path toward fostering meaning and well-being at work. First, guests will be introduced to CSA as a new cross-disciplinary construct in the organizational change research space. Next, guests will encounter the emerging framework as well as its context, background, and theoretical foundations. From there, guests will be engaged in a spirited discussion of the construct and emerging framework. The group will be encouraged to pressure-test the framework, ask questions, share insights, and offer suggestions for improvement.
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Jeannel King
Doctoral Researcher
San Diego CA
1-619-496-7831
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