Creating a Culture of Employee Development.

Perhaps at the heart of employee engagement concerns and work overload are employees wanting to be in workplaces where they have meaningful connections and where their "whole self" can be valued and developed. The presenters in this symposium call for a rethinking of how we conceptualize employee development, including further research that, views employees as active agents. Our presenters expand on prior work by asking what an employee-centric approach to employee development might look like and how such inquiry can open new frontiers in research and practice. Presenters address what creating a culture of employee development might entail when an intentional approach of viewing employees as agents unto themselves is assumed. Creating Engagement, Excitement, and Motivation at Work balancing Stress with Renewal Author: Richard E. Boyatzis; Case Western Reserve U. Mindfulness Meditation in Service of Receiving Feedback Author: Darren Jason Good; Pepperdine U. Author: Christopher James Lyddy; Providence College Changes in Purpose and Meaning throughout Life and Career Cycles: An Ideal Self Perspective Author: Udayan Dhar; Bucknell U. The Impact of Company and Individual Purpose Author: Jodi Berg; Case Western Reserve U. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]