Comments on: Positive Psychology and Person-Job Fit

By: " Happiness at Work " on Positive Psychology News Daily

" Happiness at Work " on Positive Psychology News Daily — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:40:36 +0000

[...] See Work as a Calling. Margaret Greenberg spoke about Amy Wrzesniewski of Yale and her job-career-calling distinction, and Karen Salmansohn detailed how some of those jobs that were seen as a calling in the Wrzesnieski study were janitorial jobs, and may not have objectively been called a calling, so it really is in how people see things. [...]

By: Positive Psychology News Daily » Blog Archive » Calendar Cross Reference for January 2007

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:44:51 +0000

[...] Jan 6 Person/ Job Fit by Nicholas Hall [...]

By: David J. Pollay

David J. Pollay — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:32:51 +0000

Hi Nick,

I love the research you’re doing. It’s very important! Do you have any early results you can report on the character strengths profiles. I’d love to know.

Best to you Senor!

David

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:38:49 +0000

Kathryn,
I own the Primer and its a good text on the subject. I think my question was aimed at finding a secular and ubiquitous ethics. A basic system that isn’t culture bound. Any comments in that direction?

By: Kathryn Britton

Kathryn Britton — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:18:20 +0000

Jeff, There’s a chapter in Chris Peterson’s book, A Primer on Positive Psychology on values and another on positive institutions. Both are relevant for your “should” questions. Besides, it is fun to spend time with Chris’s way of saying things.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:30:23 +0000

Thanks, Dana!
The sooner I get this data analyzed, the sooner you’ll all find out!
Cheers!
Nick

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:28:49 +0000

Jeff,
My simple study is not trying to tell anyone what they ’should’ do. Nor is it about reframing your current occupation in a positive light. That’s up to you. I’m analyzing data.
Oh, and, should you eat meat? The answer is no, and not for ethical reasons.
Nick

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:35:30 +0000

Hey Nick! Please tell us the answer in your next article, what is the strengths profile of someone who has a calling? I’m dying to know. Then please research interventions to build those strengths, so we can all be fortunate enough to have our callings

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:14:25 +0000

A follow up: with the decline of religious doctrines holding power over the Shoulds. Should I eat meat, should I support this war, should I vote pro-death penalty or pro-euthanasia, where do we find a simple straightforward way to guide us in the SHOULDS? What is the best guide for ethical behavior?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:12:20 +0000

I think that there are times when you should not see your work as a calling. If a job doesn’t jive with your values and ethics, say you are building nuclear bombs or selling cigarettes, it seems wrong to want to see that in a positive light. I’m sure you could do so, but what is an essential question that would guide you in whether you should do so or not?(Where’s the ethicist Peter Singer when you need him)?