Work-life crafting: Exploring how millennials crafted work and life domains during the COVID-19 pandemic
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School of Business |
Master's thesis
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2021
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International Design Business Management
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en
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72 + 3
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My thesis research uses a qualitative approach to explore how millennial workers coped with increased isolation and connectivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through semi-structured interviews of 40 millennial workers based in Canada and the United States, I collected and analyzed rich data on experiences working remotely during the pandemic. Findings indicated that in a period of massive change and sparked by specific motivations, interviewees began to craft their work and life surroundings using crafting practices and strategies. A theoretical framework extending original job crafting theory by Wrzesniewski and Dutton (2001) is proposed as well as managerial implications, limitations and future research.Description
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Nurmi, NiinaKeywords
job design, job crafting, organizational design, COVID-19, workplace wellbeing