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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Duffy, Ryan D.
• Allan, Blake A.
• Autin, Kelsey L.
• Bott, Elizabeth M.
• Tracey, Terrence

Titel

Calling and Life Satisfaction: It's Not About Having It, It's About Living It

Ist Teil von

• Journal of counseling psychology, 2013-01, Vol.60 (1), p.42-52

Ort / Verlag

Washington, DC: American Psychological Association

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The present study examined the relation of career calling to life satisfaction among a diverse sample of 553 working adults, with a specific focus on the distinction between perceiving a calling (sensing a calling to a career) and living a calling (actualizing one's calling in one's current career). As hypothesized, the relation of perceiving a calling to life satisfaction was fully mediated by living a calling. On the basis of this finding, a structural equation model was tested to examine possible mediators between living a calling and life satisfaction. As hypothesized, the relation of living a calling to life satisfaction was partially mediated by job satisfaction and life meaning, and the link between living a calling and job satisfaction was mediated by work meaning and career commitment. Modifications of the model also revealed that the link of living a calling to life meaning was mediated by work meaning. Implications for research and practice are discussed.