What is it about?
This paper examines how play has been understood in relation to work. The study shows that there are elements in play which may be managed but also aspects which elude the means of management.
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Why is it important?
Today, many organizations search for means to make employees happier and healthier, and thus, more productive. Play is assumed to offer a source of well-being at work, and playful practices are executed in workplaces. It is important to study what play really means as an experience and on what grounds play can be utilized in management and other workplace practices.
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As a researcher of experiential (psychological) aspect of organizations, I wanted to carry out a meta-synthesis to explore the important but often neglected experience of play in adulthood.
Dr Virpi Tökkäri
University of Lapland
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This page is a summary of: Organizational play: within and beyond managing, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management An International Journal, June 2015, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/qrom-11-2013-1181.
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