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Doing Well by Doing Good?

A Report on Work Satisfaction in Civil Society

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A 2008 LifeWork Report by Michael C. Gilbert

(Published May 2008)

$19.99 - Hard Copy Book ($14.99 + $5 shipping)

The Gilbert Center has a number of programs related to quality of work life and work satisfaction issues. We do seminars for both employees and employers, we consult with organizations and counsel individuals, we offer a number of publications in various media, and we do occasional research. This report is based on our most recent research.

In 2007, we conducted a survey of the readers of Nonprofit Online News (NON) and others on the topic of life work satisfaction in civil society organizations. With a total of 433 respondents, we acquired a base of fairly useful data. We then aggregated this information with other reports, including the Pew American Work Life Survey in order to draw conclusions in three main topic areas: comparing work satisfaction in civil society to work satisfaction in society at large, how people reflect critically on their work life, and the relationship of a personal practice of such reflection to work satisfaction.

This report focuses on the quantitative results of that analysis. We've omitted the many wonderful comments and in particular, the personal mission statements of hundreds of respondents.

We continue to be grateful to the readers of Nonprofit Online News, who continue to be our greatest resource as an organization, even after eleven years of publication. Thank you to all of you and to those of you who took the time to share your thoughts on some unusual questions related to your work and your life.

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Table of Contents

Introduction ..... 11

Meaningful Work has a Price:
Employment Satisfaction in Civil Society Compared to Society at Large ..... 13

Making the Most of Our Time:
How People In Civil Society Face the Tough Questions of Meaningful Work ..... 21

The Role of Personal Practice in Work Satisfaction ..... 28

Afterword ..... 36

 


 


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