Do Employee-Owners Have More Purpose at Work?

Many people spend roughly a third of their weekday working, and if they commute to work, that can easily add another hour or more daily. You might have more, you might have less, but the result is roughly the same: many people spend a sizable portion of their adult lives working. And while there are a great many things people look for in their work, a paycheck chief among them, more and more workers are hoping to find purpose in their work.

While certain types of work perhaps feel more inherently purposeful—healthcare, social work, and the like—not all of them will. Can the job itself, which is to say the structure that supports and enables the work, create a sense of purpose? A recent article in our newsletter (member login required) by NCEO founder Corey Rosen examines the ways employee-owned companies can and do create purpose for employee-owners.