Examining how aspects of vocational privilege relate to living a calling

Duffy, Ryan D.; Autin, Kelsey L.; Douglass, Richard P.

doi:10.1080/17439760.2015.1092570

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“…Specifically, examined the relations of perceiving a calling, living a calling, and life satisfaction among 553 working adults and found living a calling to fully mediate the link of perceiving a calling with life satisfaction. In the one study to test living a calling and life meaning as conjoint mediator variables, Duffy, Autin, and Douglass (2016) found that each variable was a significant mediator and fully mediated the perceiving calling-life satisfaction link. As such, results from these studies suggest that the reason why feeling a calling may relate to greater life satisfaction for non-retired populations is due to increased life meaning and increased levels of living out one's calling.…”

Section: Calling and Well-beingmentioning

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Calling in retirement: A mixed methods study

Duffy

Torrey²,

England

et al. 2016

The Journal of Positive Psychology

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This mixed methods study aimed to examine the experiences of a calling in retirement with a sample of 196 retired adults. First, a qualitative analysis explored the types of activities participants experienced as a calling as well as the types of barriers that participants perceived as keeping them from living their calling. 'Helping Others' emerged as the largest category of calling that participants endorsed and 'No Resources to Live Calling' emerged as the most frequently endorsed barrier. Building on our qualitative findings, we conducted a quantitative analysis to examine the relation of perceiving a calling with well-being. Consistent with prior research with working adult populations and in support of our hypotheses, perceiving a calling related to life meaning and life satisfaction, and structural equation modeling demonstrated that life meaning and living a calling (via life meaning) fully mediated the perceiving calling-life satisfaction relation. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

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Section: Calling and Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Calling in retirement: A mixed methods study

Duffy

Torrey²,

England

et al. 2016

The Journal of Positive Psychology

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“…Previous research suggests that work volition is strong, positive predictor of meaningful work. For example, career calling studies show that work volition positively predicts a person’s likelihood to be living out their calling (Duffy and Autin, 2013; Duffy et al, in press a). Moreover, variance in work volition predicts living a calling above and beyond the effects of income and level of education (Duffy et al, in press b).…”

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Self-Determination and Meaningful Work: Exploring Socioeconomic Constraints

2016

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This study examined a model of meaningful work among a diverse sample of working adults. From the perspectives of Self-Determination Theory and the Psychology of Working Framework, we tested a structural model with social class and work volition predicting SDT motivation variables, which in turn predicted meaningful work. Partially supporting hypotheses, work volition was positively related to internal regulation and negatively related to amotivation, whereas social class was positively related to external regulation and amotivation. In turn, internal regulation was positively related to meaningful work, whereas external regulation and amotivation were negatively related to meaningful work. Indirect effects from work volition to meaningful work via internal regulation and amotivation were significant, and indirect effects from social class to meaningful work via external regulation and amotivation were significant. This study highlights the important relations between SDT motivation variables and meaningful work, especially the large positive relation between internal regulation and meaningful work. However, results also reveal that work volition and social class may play critical roles in predicting internal regulation, external regulation, and amotivation.

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“…Having high social status means enjoying career-related privileges. Privileged individuals tend to get jobs they want and are thus more likely to experience fulfillment through work (Duffy, Autin, & Douglass, 2016). In the present study, we used subjective social status as a predictor of decent work.…”

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“…Furthermore, social class affects career-related outcomes by positively influencing work volition. Specifically, social class affects job satisfaction (Duffy et al, 2015) and work meaning (Duffy, Autin, & Douglass, 2016) via work volition. Not many studies have examined the relations between the two variables (social class and work volition) and decent work.…”

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Social Status and Decent Work: Test of a Moderated Mediation Model

Kim

Lee

2020

The Career Development Quart

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On the basis of the psychology of working theory (PWT; Duffy, Blustein, et al., 2016), we tested a moderated mediation model with subjective social status, work volition, proactive personality, and decent work as variables. Data were collected from 225 South Korean employees (115 women, 110 men). Results indicated that work volition mediated the relation between low subjective social status and decent work. In addition, proactive personality moderated the link between low subjective social status and work volition. Further analysis revealed that the indirect effect of social status on decent work via work volition was conditional upon proactive personality; that is, the indirect effect was weaker for individuals with a higher level of proactive personality. These results provide an application of the PWTbased model in a South Korean context. Future research could include samples from marginalized populations and additional constructs (e.g., career adaptability, human need satisfaction) of PWT.

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Examining how aspects of vocational privilege relate to living a calling

Cited by 50 publications

References 44 publications

Calling in retirement: A mixed methods study

Calling in retirement: A mixed methods study

Self-Determination and Meaningful Work: Exploring Socioeconomic Constraints

Social Status and Decent Work: Test of a Moderated Mediation Model

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