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Area of Science:

  • Organizational Psychology
  • Vocational Psychology
  • Workplace Well-being

Background:

  • A calling is often viewed as a significant driver of career commitment, work meaning, and job satisfaction.
  • Previous research has largely assumed a unidirectional relationship where a calling influences career-related outcomes.
  • The temporal dynamics between experiencing a calling and its antecedents remain underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the longitudinal relationships between experiencing a calling and career commitment, work meaning, and job satisfaction.
  • To test whether living a calling predicts subsequent levels of career commitment, work meaning, and job satisfaction.
  • To examine the reverse causality: whether career commitment, work meaning, and job satisfaction predict the experience of a calling over time.

Main Methods:

  • A longitudinal study design was employed with a diverse sample of working adults.
  • Data were collected at three distinct time points over a six-month period.
  • Structural equation modeling was utilized to analyze the hypothesized and alternative models.

Main Results:

  • Contrary to initial hypotheses, living a calling was found to be an outcome, not a predictor, of career commitment, work meaning, and job satisfaction.
  • Career commitment, work meaning, and job satisfaction at earlier time points significantly predicted the experience of living a calling at later time points.
  • While living a calling at Time 2 showed small predictive effects on career commitment and work meaning at Time 3, the primary direction of influence was reversed.

Conclusions:

  • The findings suggest that developing strong career commitment, deriving meaning from work, and experiencing job satisfaction are crucial precursors to feeling that one is living a calling.
  • These results offer a revised understanding of the calling construct, positioning it as a potential consequence of positive work experiences.
  • Practical implications highlight the importance of fostering career commitment, work meaning, and job satisfaction to enhance employees' sense of calling.