Abstract
ABSTRACT What is the impact of alienating work on the value of leisure time to professionals? The assertion is tested that for workers in large bureaucratic organizations, leisure is seen as a more dominant source of intrinsic rewards and personal identity. Emphasis on leisure for central identity is often assumed for manual and blue collar workers because their work is dull and routine. They compensate by seeing themselves in terms of roles they fill in leisure. Today many suggest that the work of professionals lacks fulfillment in ways similar to blue collar workers. Looking at over 400 aerospace engineers, this study addresses the relationship of intrinsic work rewards to work and leisure identity. Is leisure used as a compensatory source for work that is intrinsically unfilling? Findings indicate that, indeed, leisure is rated higher than work as a source of intrinsic satisfactions and self identity, not, however, as compensation for deprivations felt at work.
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