The need for sense-making as a personal resource: conceptualization and scale development

We consider need for sense-making a personal resource and propose that people differ in their levels of this need. present results five studies (N = 879) tested Need Sense-Making Scale (NSM). The scale is unidimensional, highly reliable, has satisfactory construct criterion validity. was moderately positively related to extroversion, openness, conscientiousness, self-esteem, sense control, while negatively neuroticism. There an inverted U-shaped relationship between the well-being. When individuals were presented with meaningful task, searching presence meaning sequentially mediate task performance. predicts work engagement through work.