Surveying a diverse sample of working adults, the current study examined the role of socioeconomic privilege in workers’ desire for and experience of meaningful work. First, we tested for differences across social status groups in desire for and experience of meaningful work, finding that, although desire for meaningful work was consistent across groups, experience of meaningful work was more likely to be endorsed by those who identified with higher social status. Building off this finding, we examined the moderating role of basic need satisfaction in the link between desire for and experience of meaningful work, finding survival and self-determination need satisfaction to be significant moderators. Results suggested that meaningful work is desired consistently across social status groups and that socioeconomic privilege may play a significant role in one’s experience of meaningful work via satisfaction of basic needs.

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社会经济特权和有意义的工作：工作视角的心理学

本研究调查了各种各样的在职成年人，调查了社会经济特权在工人对有意义的工作的渴望和经验中的作用。首先，我们测试了不同社会地位群体对有意义工作的渴望和体验的差异，发现，尽管各群体对有意义工作的渴望是一致的，但有意义的工作经历更可能被那些具有较高社会地位的人认可。基于这一发现，我们研究了基本需求满足在对有意义的工作的渴望和经验之间的联系中的调节作用，发现生存和自决需要满足是重要的调节者。