...Abstract In the scholarship of holistic education and spirituality in education, self-transcendence has been acknowledged as an important spiritual capacity. Still, its associations with the human existential condition of the search for meaning have yet to be fully explored. Viennese psychiatrist...

... be achieved through self‑reflection and active listening. Discovering our meaning, and how that aligns with others, is fundamental to thriving. A common goal makes collaboration meaningful. That shared meaning then leads us to the next step: purpose. What is our function and direction? What actionable steps...

... signifiers from across modes as the fundamental building blocks of meaning, and then characterizes the relations between these signifiers across multiple dimensions as sites for the emergence of possible meanings. This form of semiotic interpretation of student-produced digital video approaches meaning...

... identity, from faces already given, is what constitutes its meaning, in the form of specific expectations. Meaning is the transcendent thing insofar as it is only intended. But with the thing insofar as it is intended in the ideal of total fulfillment, it is indeed the thing in its being that is intended...

...This concept of the wounded healer emerges from mindful attention to our experiences, preparing us for deeper service to others. We often fail to discover meaning because of mindless, automatic thinking ( Zhang et al., 2020 ). When mindfully engaged with challenges, we pause, reflect...

.... Happiness optimism adaptability meaning resilience interpersonal relationships The pursuit of happiness as a fundamental human goal has been widely discussed by philosophers, even in early times ( Judge & Kammeyer-Mueller, 2011 ). Its scientific study, however, has emerged only more recently, often...

... or discovered through their articulation, as the invocation of meaning also comes from our awareness of how much the search involves articulation […] Finding a sense to life depends on framing meaningful expressions which are adequate ( Taylor, 1989 , p. 18). This points to at least one theory...

... their expectations. Furthermore, participants who took this trajectory attached significant meaning to their weddings. For some participants, the wedding was meaningful because family members, including some who had previously been either distant or hostile, agreed to attend. For these participants, the wedding made...

.... The issue of meaning is addressed by assessing the results from Culot, Nassimbeni, Orzes, and Sartor (2020) and Habraken and Bondarouk (2019) which are, subsequently, used to develop a workable description. Findings from the two assessed studies raise the question of whether a workable construction...

... as universal language. Unlike verbal language, art is primarily processed in the sensorial and emotional fields and only later rationally; unlike science, it does not aim at explaining or predicting the laws of the world's phenomena, instead it communicates by showing (in essence, it has an expressive meaning...

... and information, two key conceptualizations of meaning are personal meaning and social meaning. When activities have this meaningful dimension, they make a person's life feel more valuable and worth living, as a person and/or as a member of a group. In general, personal and social meaning include aspects...

..., taking into account their constraints, interests, etc., to discern what can be meaningful for them – and this is a skill that can (must) be built. Thus Dreyfus and Kelly (2011) argue that a sense of sacredness and personal meaning emerges from the practice of craft. In its deepest sense, then, craft...

... environments where people and technologies change at a rapid pace. Our study also speaks to the existing research on place in meaningful ways. The meaning of the North End is nested within the wider institutional environment shaping and being shaped by it, as shown in Fig. 3 . The North End neighborhood...

...Abstract Despite the fact that labels such as “smart industry” and “industry 4.0” (terms used to denote the fourth industrial revolution) have become popular topics within academia and in practice, their meaning remains an issue of concern. It’s a concern that has drawn the attention of various...

.... ² Entrepreneur opportunity alertness cognitive/cognition time meaning methods Abstract Twenty-one years ago (1997), the entrepreneurial revolution, both academic and actual, was just beginning. Entrepreneurial opportunities represent both the core theoretical construct and the plethora...

... as having an empowering impact on identity, allowing for workers to belong together as peers in the market with the work made meaningful through self-fulfillment. Work Experiences Lead to Role Conflicts and Contradictions Any other meanings of their work from the roles was frustrated by cynicism...

...Abstract The point of departure for this chapter is a notion that firms at times find it difficult to develop their solution-oriented businesses and to have a broader understanding in their organizations of what this changed orientation really means. The author looks into prevailing perspectives...

... as a case study. Based on three years of archival research we found 70 co-existing definitions of swing and 89 different uses of the term. These multiple meanings enabled various understandings to come in and out of focus over time, contributing to swing’s longevity. Our findings extend to other categories...

...The first section of this double volume (see Table 1 ) is dedicated to some conceptual reflections on the nature of multimodality in organizational research. The two articles explore the question of what multimodality may mean for organizations and institutions, and what it can offer...

...Abstract In this article, we develop and advance an understanding of institutions as multimodal accomplishments. We draw on social semiotics and the linguistic concept of metafunctions to establish the visual as a specific mode of meaning construction. In addition, we make semiotic modes conducive...