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WORK

FULFILMENT

Clara Koh. Hoe Si Wei. Mabel Heng. Ryann Chong.

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FULFILMENT

NPO

1. Introduction

2. Motivators in NPO

3. Impact of Work Fulfilment on Self

4. Ideal self

5. Self Fulfilment

6. Work Fulfilment

7. Work Fulfilment & Meaning of Life

8. Conclusion

INTRODUCTION

WHY DO WE WORK?

JOB FULFILMENT IN ORGANISATIONS

Interview withManager of Advocacy & Partnerships

AVIN TAN

MOTIVATORS IN NPOS

Purpose

Job structure

Organisational fit

Self-determination theory

Job characteristic vs Job purpose

Work content vs Organisational mission

Prosocial motivation

-Deci & Ryan, 1985

-Devaro & Brookshire, 2007

-Grant, 2008

Purpose

Desire to help others

Links to the LGBT community

Accomplishment

“More than just a job”

Purpose

Job structure

Job crafting. Flat structure. Flexibility.

Job structureStart up

Flexibility to determine job scope

Organisational fit

COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANISATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS (Kristof-Brown, Zimmerman & Johnson, 2005)

ALIGNMENT WITH COMPANY SAME VALUES AND GOALS

Organisational fit

IMPACT OF WORK FULFILMENT ONSelf Fulfilment

IDEAL SELF SELF FULFILMENT

IDEAL SELF

BOYATZIS AND AKRIVOU (2006)

IDEAL SELF

IMAGE OF A DESIRED FUTURE

Dreams

Aspirations

Fantasies

Emotionally fuelled by

HOPE

Expression of self-efficacy

Hope as emotional and experienced state

Determines perceptions of possibilities

Groopman (2004)

Leaf (2002); Skinneer (1996)IDEAL SELF

IDEAL SELF

ONE’S CORE IDENTITY

GEWIRTH (1998)

SELF FULFILMENT

SELF FULFILMENT

ASPIRATION AND CAPACITY FULFILMENT

Desired by individuals though the means toward attaining it may not themselves be desired

Capacity fulfilment - How can I make the best of myself?

Aspiration fulfilment - What satisfy my deepest desires?

SELF FULFILMENT

MARKED BY CHOICES

MAXIMALIST VALUE Attainment of strongest and deepest desires

Carrying to fruition the desires

One’s worthiest capacities

Bringing out the best in oneself to represent successful culmination of one’s aspiration

IDEAL SELFWORK +

THE OF LIFE?meaningWORK FULFILMENT AND

The pursuit of purpose provides life with meaning

Aristotle, 2000; Dalai Lama & Cutler, 1998

INTERNAL EXTERNAL

GOAL

EXTERNALTranscendencerefers to connecting the ego to an entity greater than self or beyond the material world

EXTERNALTranscendencehighlights the experience of self abnegation which leads to work fulfilment

mployees working in a NPO may experience transcendence from the altruistic nature of the work that they do, as they gain insightful perspectives on having a larger purpose in life.

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CONCLUSION

Varies from individual to individual

Perspectives changes over different stages of life

“I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO DO, OR WHAT MY NEXT STEP WAS. SO, I JOINED A NPO HOPING TO FIND SOME ANSWERS.”

Avin Tan

Psychological Model of the Meaning of Life

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