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People Mattering at Work: A Humanistic Management Perspective

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  • Anne Matheson

    (Macquarie University)

  • Pamala J. Dillon

    (Duquesne University)

  • Manuel Guillén

    (University of Valencia)

  • Clark Warner

    (Toulouse School of Management)

Abstract

Humanistic management requires an expansion of economistic management to focus on flourishing for all at work through dignity and well-being. A dignity framework engaging the humanistic management perspective is used to explore mattering in organizational contexts. The framework acknowledges moral and spiritual levels of the human experience and incorporates transcendent and religious motivations, representing a more fully humanistic conception. Existential and interpersonal mattering are linked to various levels of the dignity experience at work, providing a practical way of understanding a highly philosophical concept. Implications of mattering at work for humanistic management research, theory, and practice are discussed. Dignity and mattering provide important, human-centered, relationally-oriented concepts to help us understand how people live and experience their lives at work.

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  • Anne Matheson & Pamala J. Dillon & Manuel Guillén & Clark Warner, 2021. "People Mattering at Work: A Humanistic Management Perspective," Humanistic Management Journal, Springer, vol. 6(3), pages 405-428, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:humman:v:6:y:2021:i:3:d:10.1007_s41463-021-00113-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s41463-021-00113-1
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