Guest Scholars:

  • Dr. Katie Bailey (King’s College London).

  • Dr. Sunyoung Park (Louisiana State University).


Topics Include:

  • What is meant by the term meaningful work.

  • What makes work meaningful.

  • The connection between meaningful work and HRD.

  • The predictors and outcomes of meaningful work.

  • Measures of meaningful work.

  • The benefits and risks of HRD seeking to increase the meaning that employees find in their work.


Episode Structure:

  • Introduction (minutes 00:00 to 02:06).

  • Conversation with Dr. Katie Bailey (minutes 02:07 to 25:44).

  • Conversation with Dr. Sunyoung Park (minutes 25:45 to 47:17).

  • Discussion between Dr. Bailey and Dr. Park (minutes 47:18 to 1:12:37).

  • Wrap-up (minutes 1:12:38 to 1:14:17).


Bios:

  • Dr. Katie Bailey is Professor of Work and Employment at King's Business School, King's College London where she is also Head of the HRM & Employment Relations Group. Katie is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, RSA and Higher Education Academy, Academic Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and Honorary Fellow at the Institute for Employment Studies. Katie's research has focused on meaningful work, employee engagement and strategic HRM and she has published numerous articles on these topics in journals such as the Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review and Journal of Management Studies. She is co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work, lead editor of Employee Engagement in Theory and Practice (published by Routledge) and has held editorial roles at several leading scholarly journals. Katie has won several top international awards for her research on meaningful work including the 2021 5-year Scholarly Impact Award from Human Resource Management Review, the 2020 Elwood F Holton III Research Excellence Award from Human Resource Development Review, and the 2019 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize from the Sloan Management Review.

  • Dr. Sunyoung Park is Associate Professor, Jones S. Davis Endowed Professor in the School of Leadership and Human Resource Development at Louisiana State University. She also serves as Associate Director and Doctoral Program Coordinator in the School. Her research interests include organizational culture and behavior; learning and performance; and research trends in HRD. She has published numerous articles and book chapters related to diverse HRD topics. She has been AHRD Conference Program Chair, Proceeding Editor, and Track Chair. Sunyoung has received several research awards, including the AHRD Early Career Scholar Award and Outstanding Paper Awards from multiple journals. She is an editorial board member for Human Resource Development Quarterly, Human Resource Development Review, and European Journal of Training and Development.

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Sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by: Interpretive Simulations - find out about their services at https://www.interpretive.com/; and by the Northeastern Illinois University – check them out at www.neiu.edu/academics.