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The worthy employee: Serious leisure through alternative forms of spirituality

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  • Andrada Tobias

    (Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

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The analyzes undertaken in the present study focus on those who have adopted a new lifestyle, strongly centered around self-development through recreational practices. Also, the interest of the research was directed towards the way in which leisure became a new type of work for some of the employees of large corporations. As recent research shows, a significant portion of employees feel the pressure to outdo themselves and build an impressive career. Precisely to maximize their chances of success, individuals become more flexible, more creative, more autonomous and more motivated to improve their skills. As my fieldwork has shown, in order to be able to survive the increased competition, employees are in a continuous work with their own person, which can lead to frustration, anxiety and insecurity. In this context, individuals seek support and, at least some of them, identify them in recreational practices that resonate with alternative forms of spirituality. In order to understand how alternative forms of spirituality have entered the area of recreational practices and how leisure has become a new type of work, I began to participate in various spiritual development programs existing in Romania.

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  • Andrada Tobias, 2020. " The worthy employee: Serious leisure through alternative forms of spirituality," Sociology and Social Work Review, International Society for projects in Education and Research, vol. 4(2), pages 100-109, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:edr:sswrgl:v:4:y:2020:i:2:p:100-109
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    Keywords

    Employee; neoliberalism; serious leisure; spirituality; self-development.;
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    JEL classification:

    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy

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