Calling and work-related outcomes: Career commitment as a mediator |
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Authors: | Ryan D Duffy Bryan J Dik Michael F Steger |
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Institution: | aDepartment of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32601, USA;bDepartment of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA |
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Abstract: | The current study tested the hypothesis that experiencing a calling to a particular career would relate positively to work-related outcomes, and that these relations would be mediated by career commitment. Using a sample of 370 employees representing diverse occupations at a Western research university, results supported these hypotheses as calling moderately correlated with career commitment, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment and weakly correlated with withdrawal intentions. Career commitment was found to fully mediate the calling–job satisfaction relation, partially mediate the calling–organizational commitment relation, and act as a suppressor in the relation between calling and withdrawal intentions; calling was associated with somewhat greater withdrawal intentions once a person's level of career commitment was taken into consideration. These results suggest that career commitment may represent a critical link between calling and work-related well-being. Implications for research and practice are explored. |
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Keywords: | Calling Career commitment Job satisfaction |
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