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Making work meaningful - simple ways to bring purpose to jobs

Making work meaningful - simple ways to bring purpose to jobs

Update: 2025-08-25
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In this edition of the Evolve Workplace Wellbeing Podcast, Professor Sara Connolly from the University of Leicester speaks with Professor Ying Zhou from the University of Surrey, where she is Director of the Future of Work Research Centre. Her research is focused on job quality, occupation and employee wellbeing and in this podcast she shares findings from her latest work on the Skills and Employment Survey, focusing on meaning and purpose at work. She explains that when people are able to use their skills at work, take initiative and count on supportive managers, they are far more likely to think their work is meaningful. 

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Making work meaningful - simple ways to bring purpose to jobs

Making work meaningful - simple ways to bring purpose to jobs

Evolve Workplace Wellbeing Team