{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2973183259","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2018.0156","title":"To Mean Is To Be Perceived: Studying the Meaning of Work Through the Eyes of Others","display_name":"To Mean Is To Be Perceived: Studying the Meaning of Work Through the Eyes of Others","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-09-11","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2973183259","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2018.0156","mag":"2973183259"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.5465/amp.2018.0156","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2018.0156","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2018.0156","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S33741590","display_name":"Academy of Management Perspectives","issn_l":"1558-9080","issn":["1558-9080","1938-9779","1943-4529","1990-1993","2167-2717"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","fnege-2","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310316266","host_organization_name":"Academy of Management","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310316266"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Academy of Management"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Academy of Management Perspectives","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015024861","display_name":"Jennifer Tosti\u2010Kharas","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6140-3047","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6140-3047"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I96062909","display_name":"Babson College","ror":"https://ror.org/01f0syq13","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I96062909"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jennifer Tosti-Kharas","raw_affiliation_strings":["Babson College"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Babson College","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I96062909"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5009831916","display_name":"Christopher Wong Michaelson","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7184-8306","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7184-8306"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Christopher Michaelson","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of St. Thomas"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of St. Thomas","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.5672,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":11,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.75406489,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"35","issue":"3","first_page":"503","last_page":"516"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14458","display_name":"Education and Work Dynamics","score":0.9926999807357788,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3317","display_name":"Demography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14458","display_name":"Education and Work Dynamics","score":0.9926999807357788,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3317","display_name":"Demography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10006","display_name":"Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior","score":0.003800000064074993,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12393","display_name":"Workplace Spirituality and Leadership","score":0.002400000113993883,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3317","display_name":"Demography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/meaning-of-work","display_name":"meaning of work","score":0.9990000128746033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/third-person-perspective","display_name":"third-person perspective","score":0.9380000233650208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/oral-history","display_name":"oral history","score":0.5960000157356262},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/meaning-in-life","display_name":"meaning in life","score":0.503000020980835}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780876879","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3054749","display_name":"Meaning (existential)","level":2,"score":0.8524950742721558},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.663202166557312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C12713177","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1900281","display_name":"Perspective (graphical)","level":2,"score":0.5985544323921204},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.5946376919746399},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.5575615763664246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199033989","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318295","display_name":"Narrative","level":2,"score":0.5484245419502258},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50335755","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483247","display_name":"Phenomenon","level":2,"score":0.5412826538085938},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781276458","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22906812","display_name":"Meaning-making","level":2,"score":0.4745408296585083},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.4129994213581085},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.3904188871383667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.09630537033081055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C542102704","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183257","display_name":"Psychotherapist","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.5465/amp.2018.0156","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2018.0156","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2018.0156","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S33741590","display_name":"Academy of Management Perspectives","issn_l":"1558-9080","issn":["1558-9080","1938-9779","1943-4529","1990-1993","2167-2717"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","fnege-2","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310316266","host_organization_name":"Academy of Management","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310316266"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Academy of Management"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Academy of Management Perspectives","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":51,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W142788449","https://openalex.org/W201578715","https://openalex.org/W584831546","https://openalex.org/W1481746844","https://openalex.org/W1503723767","https://openalex.org/W1974523358","https://openalex.org/W1976403863","https://openalex.org/W1987127770","https://openalex.org/W2015340117","https://openalex.org/W2016465515","https://openalex.org/W2038066938","https://openalex.org/W2071956785","https://openalex.org/W2099641586","https://openalex.org/W2106940307","https://openalex.org/W2107898573","https://openalex.org/W2113032237","https://openalex.org/W2126005937","https://openalex.org/W2126877580","https://openalex.org/W2127924378","https://openalex.org/W2131678764","https://openalex.org/W2133535394","https://openalex.org/W2133673891","https://openalex.org/W2135738394","https://openalex.org/W2144657509","https://openalex.org/W2155239102","https://openalex.org/W2160505695","https://openalex.org/W2160596122","https://openalex.org/W2293635067","https://openalex.org/W2311156223","https://openalex.org/W2323221925","https://openalex.org/W2326263222","https://openalex.org/W2346060122","https://openalex.org/W2412838930","https://openalex.org/W2424532254","https://openalex.org/W2477735288","https://openalex.org/W2479476396","https://openalex.org/W2492934377","https://openalex.org/W2496984315","https://openalex.org/W2588753226","https://openalex.org/W2621412067","https://openalex.org/W2769744227","https://openalex.org/W2884339618","https://openalex.org/W2889489975","https://openalex.org/W2902411941","https://openalex.org/W2920317074","https://openalex.org/W3141942938","https://openalex.org/W3214604381","https://openalex.org/W4230354434","https://openalex.org/W4254779178","https://openalex.org/W4297081765","https://openalex.org/W4300455929"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3045737361","https://openalex.org/W2800674309","https://openalex.org/W4385225375","https://openalex.org/W7072388305","https://openalex.org/W2982007253","https://openalex.org/W7154114601","https://openalex.org/W7110924193","https://openalex.org/W7171631685","https://openalex.org/W3004579866","https://openalex.org/W1529492670"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Social":[0],"scientific":[1],"research":[2,28,63],"on":[3,11,65,140,156,173],"the":[4,31,55,74,94,98,106,112,120,129,134,157,192],"meaning":[5,32,51,75,87,107],"of":[6,22,33,57,73,76,100,108,114,131,146,159,194],"work":[7,25,34,109,160,175,195],"has":[8,29],"depended":[9],"mostly":[10],"workers\u2019":[12],"own":[13],"reports.":[14],"These":[15,184],"reports":[16],"have":[17],"contributed":[18],"to":[19,84],"our":[20,71],"understanding":[21,72],"what":[23,174],"makes":[24],"meaningful.":[26],"However,":[27],"treated":[30],"as":[35],"an":[36],"individual-level":[37],"phenomenon":[38],"evaluated":[39],"from":[40,81,133],"a":[41,162],"worker\u2019s":[42],"perspective.":[43],"This":[44,59],"empirical":[45],"path":[46],"does":[47],"not":[48],"capture":[49],"how":[50,86,178],"is":[52,88,180],"influenced":[53],"by":[54,90,182],"perspectives":[56,83,166],"others.":[58,115,183],"paper":[60],"asserts":[61],"that":[62,104],"based":[64,139],"personal":[66],"observations":[67],"and":[68,128,144,170,177],"experience":[69],"limits":[70],"work.":[77],"We":[78,96,116],"use":[79,99],"accounts":[80],"third-person":[82],"show":[85],"perceived":[89],"someone":[91],"other":[92],"than":[93],"worker.":[95],"advocate":[97],"novel":[101],"data":[102],"sources":[103],"consider":[105],"seen":[110],"through":[111],"eyes":[113],"develop":[117],"two":[118],"examples:":[119],"collected":[121],"oral":[122],"histories":[123],"in":[124,161,196],"Studs":[125],"Terkel\u2019s":[126],"Working":[127],"\u201cPortraits":[130],"Grief\u201d":[132],"New":[135],"York":[136],"Times,":[137],"narratives":[138],"interviews":[141],"with":[142],"relatives":[143],"friends":[145],"9/11":[147],"attack":[148],"victims.":[149],"In":[150],"both":[151],"cases,":[152],"diverse":[153],"people":[154],"reflect":[155],"place":[158],"meaningful":[163],"life.":[164,197],"Third-person":[165],"offer":[167],"unique":[168],"insight":[169],"practical":[171],"guidance":[172],"means":[176],"it":[179],"viewed":[181],"views":[185],"also":[186],"mirror":[187],"broad":[188],"societal":[189],"values":[190],"about":[191],"importance":[193]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-14T16:39:01.820549","created_date":"2019-09-19T00:00:00"}