Callings in career: A typological approach to essential and optional components

Hirschi, Andreas (2011). Callings in career: A typological approach to essential and optional components. Journal of vocational behavior, 79(1), pp. 60-73. Academic Press 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.11.002

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A sense of calling in career is supposed to have positive implications for individuals and organizations but current theoretical development is plagued with incongruent conceptualizations of what does or does not constitute a calling. The present study used cluster analysis to identify essential and optional components of a presence of calling among 407 German undergraduate students from different majors. Three types of calling merged: “negative career self-centered”, “pro-social religious”, and “positive varied work orientation”. All types could be described as vocational identity achieved (high commitment/high self-exploration), high in career confidence and career engagement. Not defining characteristics were centrality of work or religion, endorsement of specific work values, or positivity of core self-evaluations. The results suggest that callings entail intense self-exploration and might be beneficial because they correspond with identity achievement and promote career confidence and engagement while not necessarily having pro-social orientations. Suggestions for future research, theory and practice are suggested.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Work and Organisational Psychology

UniBE Contributor:

Hirschi, Andreas

Subjects:

100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology

ISSN:

0001-8791

Publisher:

Academic Press

Language:

English

Submitter:

Christine Soltermann

Date Deposited:

06 Mar 2015 12:46

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:42

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.jvb.2010.11.002

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Career calling, Vocational identity, Work values, Core self-evaluations, Work centrality

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.64113

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/64113

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