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A LifeWork Report by Michael C. Gilbert
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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 some of our research.
We conducted a survey of the readers of Nonprofit News 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. Do to that focus we’ve omitted the many wonderful comments and in particular, the personal mission statements of hundreds of respondents.
We are grateful to the readers of Nonprofit News, who continue to be our greatest resource as an organization, even after so many years of publication. Thank you to all of our readers and especially to those of you who took the time to share your thoughts on some unusual questions related to your work and your life.
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