Having a Calling on Board: Effects of Calling on Job Satisfaction and Job Performance Among South Korean Newcomers

Park, Jiyoung; Kim, Sinae; Lim, Myoungki; Sohn, Young Woo

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01584

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“…Second, despite the critical role of sense of calling in fostering employee outcomes, a number of issues remain unexplored and several important gaps need to be addressed. Specifically, there is still a need for more research about the overt outcomes of calling (Duan et al, 2020;Duffy and Dik, 2013;Park et al, 2019;Xie et al, 2017). It seems that there is only one study that has related calling to employee green behavior so far (Zhang et al, 2021).…”

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Sense of calling, emotional exhaustion and their effects on hotel employees’ green and non-green work outcomes

Karatepe

Rezapouraghdam²,

Hassannia³

2021

IJCHM

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Purpose Drawing on the self-determination and conservation of resources theories, as well as the transactional theory of stress, this paper aims to develop and empirically test a research model depicting the interrelationships of sense of calling, emotional exhaustion (EXH), intent to remain with the organization (IRO), task-related pro-environmental behavior (PEB) and non-green behavior (NGB). Design/methodology/approach Data came from hotel employees with three waves of one-week time lag and their direct supervisors in China. The authors assessed these linkages through structural equation modeling. Findings Sense of calling mitigates EXH and NBGs, while it fosters IRO and task-related PEBs. EXH partly mediates the influence of sense of calling on NGBs. Practical implications It is important to maintain a workplace in which employees foster their work competence, possess a more positive interpretation of work meaning and accomplish their career goals. Management should organize environmental training programs that would compel employees to pay attention to the protection of nature and scarce resources and enable them to be involved in the environmental sustainability process. Originality/value A search made in the hospitality and tourism literature shows that few studies have investigated the consequences of employees’ sense of calling. The authors’ search also highlights the void that little is known about the mechanism linking sense of calling to green and non-green outcomes.

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confidence: 99%

Sense of calling, emotional exhaustion and their effects on hotel employees’ green and non-green work outcomes

Karatepe

Rezapouraghdam²,

Hassannia³

2021

IJCHM

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“…Other specific future-oriented EWB constructs, such as calling and purpose, have been studied through the lens of specific theories. For example, Park and colleagues [144] analyzed the relationship between calling and global performance based on the work as calling theory, which states that calling is linked to positive work outcomes, including job performance, through the mediating role of commitment to the career. Another study [54] analyzed the relationship between purpose and global performance.…”

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Revisiting the Happy-Productive Worker Thesis from a Eudaimonic Perspective: A Systematic Review

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The happy-productive worker thesis (HPWT) is considered the Holy Grail of management research, and it proposes caeteris paribus, happy workers show higher performance than their unhappy counterparts. However, eudaimonic well-being in the relationship between happiness and performance has been understudied. This paper provides a systematized review of empirical evidence in order to make a theoretical contribution to the happy-productive worker thesis from a eudaimonic perspective. Our review covers 105 quantitative studies and 188 relationships between eudaimonic well-being and performance. Results reveal that analyzing the eudaimonic facet of well-being provides general support for the HPWT and a much more comprehensive understanding of how it has been studied. However, some gaps and nuances are identified and discussed, opening up challenging avenues for future empirical research to clarify important questions about the relationship between happiness and performance in organizations.

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“…Further, calling has a positive relationship with life variables such as life meaning and life satisfaction, which also embraces work variables such as occupational identity and job satisfaction (Duffy et al, 2012;Park et al, 2019). The higher the sense of calling regarding work, the more adaptive the work performance, which leads to higher job and life satisfaction (Steger et al, 2010).…”

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The Mediating Role of Meaning in Life in the Effects of Calling on Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Growth: A Longitudinal Study of Navy Soldiers Deployed to the Gulf of Aden

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This study examined the mediating role of meaning in life in the effect of calling on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) among navy soldiers of the Republic of Korea deployed to the Gulf of Aden, Somalia. Participants responded to the questionnaire survey three times (pre-deployment, deployment, and post-deployment) at 4-month intervals. From the first, second, and third surveys, data were collected for 223, 195, and 103 respondents, respectively. Results showed that calling had a negative effect on PTSD, fully mediated by meaning in life, whereas calling had a positive effect on PTG, partially mediated by meaning in life. Our findings suggest that calling acts as a positive psychological resource for maintaining the meaning in life throughout stressful events experienced during deployment, thereby reducing posttraumatic stress symptoms and promoting post-deployment psychological growth. Finally, theoretical and practical implications and the need for follow-up studies are discussed.

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Having a Calling on Board: Effects of Calling on Job Satisfaction and Job Performance Among South Korean Newcomers

Cited by 23 publications

References 81 publications

Sense of calling, emotional exhaustion and their effects on hotel employees’ green and non-green work outcomes

Sense of calling, emotional exhaustion and their effects on hotel employees’ green and non-green work outcomes

Revisiting the Happy-Productive Worker Thesis from a Eudaimonic Perspective: A Systematic Review

The Mediating Role of Meaning in Life in the Effects of Calling on Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Growth: A Longitudinal Study of Navy Soldiers Deployed to the Gulf of Aden

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