Workshop on Meaningful Work II

Date: October 23, 2025

Place: santralistanbul Campus

Organized by the İstanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Business.

 Research underscores the powerful role of meaningful work in fostering employee well-being and personal development. Beyond financial rewards, meaningful work offers a sense of purpose and spiritual fulfillment, contributing to greater self-worth, psychological resilience, job satisfaction, and a stronger connection to one’s organization. It plays a vital role in supporting the holistic growth of individuals in professional settings.

This one-day workshop will examine how meaning is constructed and experienced through various work-related activities. We invite empirical papers that explore themes such as meaningful work, calling, moral alignment, thriving at work, and psychological empowerment. Submissions may approach the topic from individual or organizational perspectives, with the aim of deepening our understanding of how work becomes a source of meaning in contemporary contexts.

Coordinator: Prof. Serdar Karabatı, Department of Business Administration, serdar.karabati@bilgi.edu.tr

Participation Fee: Free of charge (limited to 100 participants). To attend, please register by emailing meaningful.work@bilgi.edu.tr

Submission Guidelines: Submit an approx. 2000-word summary of your empirical work (including references) to meaningful.work@bilgi.edu.tr. Only one submission per individual or team.

Deadline: September 26, 2025, 23:59 (GMT+3, İstanbul time).

Working Language: English

Invited Talks by:

• Adrian Madden, Senior Lecturer at the School for Business & Society, University of York.

The full list of talks will be announced later this summer.

We are pleased to announce that the workshop will also feature a ‘Meet the Editors’ session with contributors from the Journal of Management Studies.