Author: Stephen Overell
Year: 2008
Source: The Work Foundation
The paper argues that while thinkers and writers have long wondered at the value of work to human beings beyond providing a living, the notion of 'meaningful work' is a relatively new phenomenon that would have made little sense to our forbears of a couple of centuries ago. Meaningful work rests on the rise of individualism and identity as pressing concerns for large numbers of people.
Web link:
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/assets/docs/publications/32_inwardness_final.pdf
