20.500.12556/RUL-180007 Finding meaning at work entrepreneurship as a way of achieving higher meaningfulness This study examines the role of entrepreneurship in fostering meaningful work. Using a qualitative approach, in‐depth interviews were conducted with entrepreneurs and employees to explore differences in their perception of work meaning. The findings suggest that entrepreneurs experience higher levels of meaningfulness at work due to greater autonomy, purpose‐driven engagement, and self‐actualization opportunities. Employees, on the other hand, often experience constraints that hinder the experience of meaningfulness. This study contributes to the understanding of work meaningfulness by highlighting the distinct factors that influence the entrepreneurial and employee work experience. Additionally, the discussion explores implications for organizational design, policy recommendations, and the broader impact of work meaningfulness on well‐being, productivity, and economic sustainability. The research findings provide a deeper insight into the impact of meaningful work on individual and organizational success. Ta študija raziskuje povezavo med delom in smiselnostjo, pri čemer se osredotoča na podjetništvo kot možno pot do globljega doživljanja smisla pri delu. Na podlagi spoznanj iz organizacijskega vedenja, pozitivne in eksistencialne psihologije preučuje, kako podjetniki in zaposleni dojemajo pomen svojega dela ter kateri dejavniki prispevajo k občutku smiselnosti. Kvalitativna raziskava, ki temelji na poglobljenih intervjujih s podjetniki in zaposlenimi, razkriva, da so ključni dejavniki smiselnega dela avtonomija, kreativnost in občutek namena. Podjetniki pogosto poročajo o večji smiselnosti svojega dela v primerjavi z zaposlenimi, saj imajo večjo svobodo pri oblikovanju svojega delovnega okolja. Študija poudarja vlogo samotranscendence pri doživljanju smiselnosti ter nakazuje, da podjetništvo lahko ponuja edinstveno priložnost za posameznike, ki iščejo izpolnitev onkraj finančnega uspeha. Ugotovitve prispevajo k širšemu razumevanju smiselnega dela in imajo pomembne posledice za oblikovanje delovnih mest ter organizacijsko vedenje. meaningful work meaningfulness entrepreneurship employee well‐being autonomy podjetništvo psihologija dela motivacija management true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Na spletni strani založnika navedeno, da članki izhajajo pod licenco CC BY-NC 4.0. Članek v reviji 2026-02-27 15:58:40 2026-02-27 16:02:02 2026-02-28 04:43:37 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 101-113 no. 1, article no. 6 Vol. 14 May 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 159.9:331.101 2232-5867 10.17708/DRMJ.2025.v14n01a06 238321667 https://sam-d.si/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DRMJ-vol14-no01-2025-Clanek-6-1.pdf 1 7850105e-13ec-11f1-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=229017 DRMJ-vol14-no01-2025-Clanek-6-1.pdf DRMJ-vol14-no01-2025-Clanek-6-1.pdf 1 133EFE8A4FE274605CB90D48F82B645B 5e6afd26f891acae3fe55dcd949bf0db8a4e37c6d0f55c165f7f9c4e36b0a1bc d59db489-13ec-11f1-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=229018 Ekonomska fakulteta 0 0 0