Our aim in this study was to investigate the relationships among a calling orientation, work role fit, psychological meaningfulness and work engagement of teachers in Zambia. A quantitative approach was followed and a cross-sectional survey was used. The sample (n = 150) included 75 basic and 75 secondary school teachers in the Choma district of Zambia. The Work Role Fit Scale, Work-Life Questi...

Few disavow the principle that scientific propositions should be meaningful in the sense of asserting something that is verifiable or falsifiable about the qualitative or empirical situation under discussion. What makes this principle tricky to apply in practice is that much of what is said is formulated not as simple assertions about qualitative or empirical events – such as a certain object s...

analysis of the meaningfulness of the language of religion is one of the most important issues concerning the language of religion. despite the multiplicity and variety of viewpoints common in this field, the prevailing common ground in these viewpoints is the implicit acceptance of the positivistic standards of the meaningfulness of language. the existence of basic criticisms to these standard...

Recognition, after 1, 3, 6, 15, and 30 intervening events, for CCC and CVC trigrams of low, medium, and high meaningfulness (M) was studied in the Shepard-Teghtsoonian paradigm. Correct recognition varied directly with M and inversely with number of intervening events. False recognition varied inversely with M and increased with total number of presentations. Confidence in correct recognitions ...

This thesis explores "meaningfulness" in videogames. Academics, journalists, and others who write about games often discuss the concept of meaning yet seldom define it clearly. I am focusing on a variation of this topic: what it means for a gaming experience to be meaningful--literally: full of meaning. Meaningfulness, as I define it, refers to the quality a videogame has when one considers it ...