Flow experience among social service providers: a grounded theory approach
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Authors
Rojas, Raul
Issue Date
2005
Type
Capstone
Language
en
Keywords
Psychology
Alternative Title
Abstract
This paper presents the findings of an empirical study of the occurrence of Flow experience and its implications for the study of job satisfaction among Social Services professionals. For the purposes of this study the term flow is defined as a state of optimal psychological experience that occurs when there is a match of a person's skills in a given activity, and their perception of the challenge of the activity; a psychological state in which activities are done for the sake of doing them and not for the extrinsic rewards. (Mihayl Csikszentmuhalyi, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1993). Participants in this study reported when they had to perform tasks or activities in which the level of their skills matched the level of challenge that the activity demanded they experienced a state of conscious of total focus. In this state of total focus they reported a deep level of enjoyment and total engagement with the activity that they were performing that reinforced their commitment and appreciation for their professions.