Construire le sens au travail dans un contexte de sale boulot

By drawing on the job crafting framework, this article explores the ways in which individuals in a context of dirty work strive to create meaning at work by transforming the story of what they do and who they are. Our research, carried out within an industrial cleaning company, combines semi-structu...

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Main Authors: Coetard, Emmanuel, Grimand, Amaury, Pihel, Laetitia
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Language:Français
Published: 2025
Online Access:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:By drawing on the job crafting framework, this article explores the ways in which individuals in a context of dirty work strive to create meaning at work by transforming the story of what they do and who they are. Our research, carried out within an industrial cleaning company, combines semi-structured interviews and numerous phases of participant observation made possible by the immersion of one of the authors as a cleaner. Our results highlight the particularly active job crafting processes through which cleaners strive both to cultivate meaning and positive identity at work and to extricate themselves from the stigmas to which they are exposed.