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Disentangling the link between perceiving a calling and living a calling.
Ryan D. Duffy,Kelsey L. Autin +1 more
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It is suggested that part of the reason people with a calling feel more able to live out that calling is because of increased feelings of control in their career decision making.Abstract:
Research has suggested there is an important distinction between perceiving a calling and living a calling. With a sample of 542 working adults, the current study examined (a) the degree to which perceiving a calling and living a calling differed according to yearly income and level of educational attainment and (b) potential mediators that may explain the link between perceiving a calling and living a calling. Adults with higher yearly incomes and more education were significantly more likely to endorse living a calling, but no significant group differences were found for perceiving a calling. Additionally, using structural equation modeling, work volition was found to be a significant mediator in the link between perceiving a calling and living a calling, and organizational support was found to be a significant mediator in the link between work volition and living a calling. The strength and significance of these indirect effects were supported by bootstrapping techniques. We suggest that part of the reason people with a calling feel more able to live out that calling is because of increased feelings of control in their career decision making. Implications for research and practice are discussed.read more
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The Psychology of Working Theory.
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Research on calling: What have we learned and where are we going?
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TL;DR: Work as a calling is an emerging concept for scholars across a variety of psychological disciplines as discussed by the authors, highlighting its salience among college student and adult populations and highlighting consistent links between perceiving a calling and heightened levels of career maturity, career commitment, work meaning, job satisfaction, life meaning, and life satisfaction.
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Work as a calling: A theoretical model.
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Work Volition and Job Satisfaction: Examining the Role of Work Meaning and Person–Environment Fit
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