Callings and work engagement: Moderated mediation model of work meaningfulness, occupational identity, and occupational self-efficacy
Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Standard
In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, Vol. 59, No. 3, 07.2012, p. 479-485.
Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
Bibtex
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Callings and work engagement: Moderated mediation model of work meaningfulness, occupational identity, and occupational self-efficacy
AU - Hirschi, Andreas
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - Scholarly interest in callings is growing, but researchers' understanding of how and when callings relate to career outcomes is incomplete. The present study investigated the possibility that the relationship of calling to work engagement is mediated by work meaningfulness, occupational identity, and occupational self-efficacy-and that this mediation depends on the degree of perceived person-job fit. I examined a highly educated sample of German employees (N = 529) in diverse occupations and found support for 2 of the 3 hypothesized mediators-work meaningfulness and occupational identity-after controlling for the relation of core self-evaluations to work engagement. Contrary to expectations, the mediated relations of callings to work engagement were not conditional upon the degree of person-job fit. The findings are considered in terms of the pathways through which callings may relate to work engagement and other career development outcomes.
AB - Scholarly interest in callings is growing, but researchers' understanding of how and when callings relate to career outcomes is incomplete. The present study investigated the possibility that the relationship of calling to work engagement is mediated by work meaningfulness, occupational identity, and occupational self-efficacy-and that this mediation depends on the degree of perceived person-job fit. I examined a highly educated sample of German employees (N = 529) in diverse occupations and found support for 2 of the 3 hypothesized mediators-work meaningfulness and occupational identity-after controlling for the relation of core self-evaluations to work engagement. Contrary to expectations, the mediated relations of callings to work engagement were not conditional upon the degree of person-job fit. The findings are considered in terms of the pathways through which callings may relate to work engagement and other career development outcomes.
KW - Business psychology
KW - calling
KW - Occupational identity
KW - Work engagement
KW - Work meaningfulness
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84871893575&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/a0028949
DO - 10.1037/a0028949
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 22774870
VL - 59
SP - 479
EP - 485
JO - Journal of Counseling Psychology
JF - Journal of Counseling Psychology
SN - 1939-2168
IS - 3
ER -