Handbook of Organization Measurement

Meaningful Work

construct.meaningful_work

§3The math on what we know

Synthesized priors from the live registry: pooled r, studies (k), total N, top study grade, and heterogeneity. Rows flagged for heterogeneity or single-study evidence are directional, not settled — read them as a central tendency.

What meaningful work predicts

OutcomerkNGradeConfidence
Job Satisfaction+0.7413,962Asingle study
Work Engagement+0.7416,391Asingle study
Organizational Commitment+0.73233,681AI²≈0.99
Composed live from the Principia registry. Effect sizes are synthesized priors (random-effects meta-analysis); grades are the top study-quality grade in each pool; I² is pooled heterogeneity. Source-instrument item wording is withheld pending copyright clearance (PRN-207); the Principia rendering is owned and shown in full.