Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
The Search for Meaning at Work
Steve Van Valin · 2022
76/100
👍 Worth It
Van Valin fills a real gap by treating spiritual meaning as a legitimate workplace factor alongside the usual engagement metrics, and the eleven-amplifier framework gives busy leaders something concrete to work with. The book won't surprise readers steeped in organizational development literature, and the academic sourcing is light, but for a manager or HR professional who hasn't explored this territory it offers genuinely useful framing. The Library Journal notice and Rowman & Littlefield imprint give it enough credibility to recommend.
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