Organizational Communication

Meaningful Work Pre-conference

The following are papers received and accepted for the pre-conference seminar on meaningful work to be held at the National Communication Association convention in Chicago, November 14, 2007.

Category 1:  The Meanings and Meaningfulness of Work

Mark Aakhus & Dwight Anderson, "Communication work"

Mary Blue & Karen Taylor, "An unspoken contract: Organizational identification and commitment after hurricane Katrina"

David Carlone, "The meanings of work and the class process"

Elena Gabor, "The meaning of work in classical music: A historical approach"

Beth Haslett, "The nature and meaningfulness of work: An integrated approach"

Dina Inman Ramgolam & Dawna Ballard, "The Meanings and Meaningfulness of Time in Virtual Work Practices"

Caryn Medved, "What role is played by non-paid work in individuals' constructions of meaningful work?"

Amber Messersmith & Joann Keyton, "Considering the meaningful of work and its relation to organizational communication"

Margaret Richardson, "Working hard or having fun: Reflections on the changing nature of the work-fun relationship"

Erika Kirby, "Doing (private/unpaid) work on the body to be a good (public/paid) workers: How organizational wellness programs are recasting the meaning of where "work" begins"

Category 2: The Discourses of Meaningful Work

Dawna Ballard & Sunshine Webster, "It's a matter of time: The search for meaning/fullness through popoular discourses of temporal commodification, construction, and compression"

Andrew Herrmann, "Economic discourses and meaningful work in academia"

Lorraine Kisselburgh, Patrice Buzzanell, & Brenda Berkelaar, "The meaning of science and engineering work for young girls"

Tim Kuhn, "Discourses of contemporary "professional" work"

Caryn Medved, Annis Golden, & Jane Jorgenson, "FranklinCovey as expert system and discourse of meaningful work: Perils and promises"

Category 3: The Politics of Meaningful Work

Dan Lair, "Between narcissism and condescension: Navigating problematic tensions in the meaning of work"

John McClellan, "Negotiating work and family: Contributing to the politics of meaningful work"

Tammy McGuire, "Spirituality and the politics of meaningful work"

Suchitra Shenoy, "Whose meaning is it anyway?: Addressing (non)choice of meaning and meaning-neutral work in the lives of women"

Category 4: The Movements and Policies Associated with Meaningful Work

Disraelly Cruz, "Volunteer socialization and identity: Communication research avenues to further enhance our understanding of volunteerism"

Nan Li, "Examining work's meaning in diasporic transnational corporations"

Sharon Kleinman, "In a New York nanosecond: Multitasking and time poverty in 21st century American culture"

Stacey Wieland, "Governmental intervention and individual freedom"