Michael F. Steger is an American psychologist and academic. [1][2] He is known for his research in the field of positive psychology.[3][4][5] He has authored academic publications and books, including Designing Positive Psychology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward and Purpose and Meaning in the Workplace.[6] He is also the founder and director of the Center for Meaning and Purpose and is Professor of Psychology at Colorado State University.[7]
Early life and education
editSteger grew up in southwestern Minnesota and attended Macalester College, where he earned his BA in Psychology.[8] He continued his education at the University of Oregon, obtaining an MS in Counseling Psychology, and later completed his PhD in Counseling and Personality Psychology at the University of Minnesota in 2005. His dissertation, focused on the development of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, earned him the Best Dissertation Award from the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies.[9]
Career
editHe holds honorary appointments as a faculty member at the University of Melbourne,[10] the Stockholm School of Economics, and North-West University in South Africa.[11] He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, and has served on the Board of Directors of the International Positive Psychology Association.[12]
He developed the widely used psychological measure, the Meaning in Life Questionnaire[13] (cited 4260 times, according to Google Scholar[14]) and the Work and Meaning Inventory.[15] (Cited 1333 times, according to Google Scholar.[14] In 2011, Steger co-edited Designing Positive Psychology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward, which evaluates the first decade of positive psychology research. He later co-edited Purpose and Meaning in the Workplace, which explores how organizations can foster meaningful work environments to enhance both employee satisfaction and productivity.
Selected publications
edit- Designing Positive Psychology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward. Series in Positive Psychology. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2011-01-31. ISBN 978-0-19-537358-5.
- Steger, Michael F. (2013). Purpose and meaning in the workplace (First ed.). Washington, D.C: American Psychological Association. ISBN 978-1433813146.
- Steger, Michael F.; Russo Netzer, Pninit (June 5, 2022). Meaning 360: Meaning Through the Seasons A Guided Reflection. p. 84. ISBN 979-8836968144.
References
edit- ^ "Center for Meaning and Purpose".
- ^ "Colorado State University".
- ^ "Michael Steger: Why We Search for Meaning". Greater Good.
- ^ Steger, M. F. (2013). "Is meaning in life a flagship indicator of well-being". PsycEXTRA Dataset. doi:10.1037/e574802013-056. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ^ Diener, Ed; Oishi, Shigehiro; Tay, Louis (2018-02-12). "Advances in subjective well-being research". Nature Human Behaviour. 2 (4): 253–260. doi:10.1038/s41562-018-0307-6. ISSN 2397-3374. PMID 30936533. S2CID 4726262.
- ^ Steger, Michael F. (2019-01-10), Yeoman, Ruth; Bailey, Catherine; Madden, Adrian; Thompson, Marc (eds.), "Meaning in Life and in Work", The Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work, Oxford University Press, pp. 207–220, doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198788232.013.12, ISBN 978-0-19-878823-2, retrieved 2020-10-06
- ^ Steger, Michael F. (2016-11-19), "Creating Meaning and Purpose at Work", The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Positivity and Strengths&;#x02010;Based Approaches at Work, Chichester, UK: John Wiley &;#38; Sons, Ltd, pp. 60–81, doi:10.1002/9781118977620.ch5, ISBN 978-1-118-97762-0, retrieved 2020-10-06
- ^ "Michael F. Steger, with Bill Peisner and Brian J. Dyk | Center on Adolescence". coa.stanford.edu.
- ^ "Michael Steger studies understanding well-being and meaning in life and the benefits of engaging in meaningful work". Colorado State University.
- ^ "Meaning and Purpose in Life: what is it, why should I care and how can I get some?". University of Melbourne.
- ^ "Dr Michael F. Steger". Psychwire. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ "Interview with Michael F. Steger, PhD". Mentor Coach. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ Steger, Michael F.; Frazier, Patricia; Oishi, Shigehiro; Kaler, Matthew (2006). "The meaning in life questionnaire: Assessing the presence of and search for meaning in life". Journal of Counseling Psychology. 53 (1): 80–93. doi:10.1037/0022-0167.53.1.80. ISSN 1939-2168.
- ^ a b [1] Google Scholar Author page, Accessed March 25, 2022
- ^ Steger, Michael F.; Dik, Bryan J.; Duffy, Ryan D. (2012-02-19). "Measuring Meaningful Work". Journal of Career Assessment. 20 (3): 322–337. doi:10.1177/1069072711436160. ISSN 1069-0727. S2CID 11739848.