Living to work: The role of occupational calling in response to challenge and hindrance stressors

Wilson, Chloe A.; Britt, Thomas W.

doi:10.1080/02678373.2020.1743791

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“…Occupational calling means a sense of consciousness toward their work and an attitude that gives life meaning and purpose to life and activities as a worker [ 20 ]. Workers higher in occupational calling are typically dedicated to the achievement of their work goals [ 20 , 21 ], and further, they showed higher levels of engagement when faced with stressors that can be addressed through increased effort. Therefore, this dedication to their work leads to the positive professional ability between challenge stressors and engagement in workers higher in calling.…”

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“…However, there was no classification or reference to occupational calling offered by Reich [4]. Occupational calling means a sense of consciousness toward their work and an attitude that gives life meaning and purpose to life and activities as a worker [20]. Workers higher in occupational calling are typically dedicated to the achievement of their work goals [20,21], and further, they showed higher levels of engagement when faced with stressors that can be addressed through increased effort.…”

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The Quality of Life, Psychological Health, and Occupational Calling of Korean Workers: Differences by the New Classes of Occupation Emerging Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kim

Kang

2020

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This study aimed to create new classifications for occupations that have emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea, based on Reich’s classifications for the United States. We examined Korean workers’ occupational calling, psychological health, and quality of life. An online questionnaire was administered and data from 1029 Korean workers were analyzed. The questionnaire comprised the Korean version of the Multidimensional Calling Measure to assess occupational calling, the Psychosocial Well-being Index-short form for psychological health, and the Control, Autonomy, Self-realization, and Pleasure (CASP-19) scale for quality of life. We created a Korean-adapted version of the classes of occupation based on those created by the COVID-19 situation in the USA. Our results showed that Korean workers had a high perceived calling to work, and different classes showed different levels of quality of life and psychological health. We need a health concentration management system for essential groups or personal safety protection equipment should be provided. Education on infection control should be offered and effective medical system processes should be in place. We need to develop technology to respond to medical needs online, remotely, or telephonically. The government should implement policies to ensure job security and to improve wages and welfare.

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The Quality of Life, Psychological Health, and Occupational Calling of Korean Workers: Differences by the New Classes of Occupation Emerging Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kim

Kang

2020

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“…Although the first study on this topic found no significant relations (Duffy et al, 2016; r = .09, N = 362), subsequent studies have observed reliable effects on larger samples. Wilson (2018), in research that tested whether workaholism mediates the effect of calling on mental health symptoms, identified the largest effect currently presented in the literature. This author documented positive relations between three components of calling (transcendent summons, purposeful work, and prosocial orientation) and two components of workaholism (WE and WC).…”

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Linking Calling With Workaholism: Examining Obsessive and Harmonious Passion as Mediators and Moderators

Rosa

Vianello

2020

Journal of Career Assessment

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Career calling is a positive construct that describes how much individuals see their work as a meaningful and consuming passion, experienced as a transcendent summons, that defines their identity, their life’s purpose, and contributes to the common good. Somewhat surprisingly, recent research suggested that calling fosters workaholism. In a cross-sectional study ( N = 235), we investigated obsessive and harmonious passion as mediators and moderators of the relation between calling and workaholism. Results suggested that the relation between calling and workaholism is completely mediated by obsessive passion and partially mediated by harmonious passion. In addition, we observed that obsessive passion moderates the relation between calling and workaholism, such that when obsessive passion is high, calling protects individuals from workaholism. These results put into question the so-called dark side of calling.

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“…Happiness can be achieved through personal expressiveness when individuals fully involve themselves in activities and fulfill their potentials, especially the involvement in the occupation [ 32 ]. A sense of consciousness toward their work and an attitude that gives meaning to life and activities as a worker is also called occupational calling [ 33 , 34 , 35 ]. Workers higher in occupational calling are typically dedicated to the achievement of their work goals [ 33 , 34 , 35 ].…”

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“…A sense of consciousness toward their work and an attitude that gives meaning to life and activities as a worker is also called occupational calling [ 33 , 34 , 35 ]. Workers higher in occupational calling are typically dedicated to the achievement of their work goals [ 33 , 34 , 35 ]. The job has become a way to fulfill the potential and achieve self-actualization.…”

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Are Chinese Entrepreneurs Happier than Employees? Evidence Based on a National Workforce Survey in China

Xia

Wei

et al. 2020

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Most studies consider entrepreneurship in Chinese a happier career choice, while the adverse effects of entrepreneurship on wellbeing have been overlooked. In this research, the effect of career choice on job-related wellbeing is explored using multiple indicators. Differences in the career choices of employees and entrepreneurs are examined in the first section of the study, and the motives for entrepreneurship are studied in the second section. Job-related wellbeing is regarded as consisting of job satisfaction, subjective wellbeing, and physical wellbeing. The data were obtained using the Chinese Labor-Force Dynamic Survey, and the sample consisted of 6108 employees and 2075 entrepreneurs from 29 provinces and cities in China. T-test, chi square test, and ordinal logistic regression were conducted. The analysis in the first section reveals significant differences in job-related wellbeing between employees and entrepreneurs along with differences in autonomy and perceived equity. Entrepreneurs are found to be less satisfied and unhappier than employees. The heterogeneity of the motives for entrepreneurship is highlighted in the second part, and its significant role in the wellbeing of entrepreneurs is explored. Subsistence entrepreneurs have been found to constitute up to 64% of all entrepreneurs. Subsistence entrepreneurship is negatively associated with job satisfaction and subjective wellbeing.

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Living to work: The role of occupational calling in response to challenge and hindrance stressors

Cited by 23 publications

References 55 publications

The Quality of Life, Psychological Health, and Occupational Calling of Korean Workers: Differences by the New Classes of Occupation Emerging Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Quality of Life, Psychological Health, and Occupational Calling of Korean Workers: Differences by the New Classes of Occupation Emerging Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Linking Calling With Workaholism: Examining Obsessive and Harmonious Passion as Mediators and Moderators

Are Chinese Entrepreneurs Happier than Employees? Evidence Based on a National Workforce Survey in China

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