TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining how aspects of vocational privilege relate to living a calling
AU - Duffy, Ryan D.
AU - Autin, Kelsey L.
AU - Douglass, Richard P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/7/3
Y1 - 2016/7/3
N2 - The current study examined how aspects of vocational privilege directly – and indirectly via work meaning and career commitment – related to living a calling. With an economically diverse sample of 361 employed adults, both social class and work volition were found to moderately to strongly correlate with work meaning, career commitment, and living a calling. We used a structural equation model and found career commitment and work meaning to significantly predict living a calling and fully mediate the link between work volition and living a calling. Additionally, social class related to work meaning and career commitment via work volition. Findings suggest that the links between social class, work volition, and living a calling may be explained by individuals working in jobs they are committed to and that are meaningful, and that work volition may represent the gateway from social class to the experience of fulfilling work. Implications for practice are discussed.
AB - The current study examined how aspects of vocational privilege directly – and indirectly via work meaning and career commitment – related to living a calling. With an economically diverse sample of 361 employed adults, both social class and work volition were found to moderately to strongly correlate with work meaning, career commitment, and living a calling. We used a structural equation model and found career commitment and work meaning to significantly predict living a calling and fully mediate the link between work volition and living a calling. Additionally, social class related to work meaning and career commitment via work volition. Findings suggest that the links between social class, work volition, and living a calling may be explained by individuals working in jobs they are committed to and that are meaningful, and that work volition may represent the gateway from social class to the experience of fulfilling work. Implications for practice are discussed.
KW - calling
KW - social class
KW - work meaning
KW - work volition
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U2 - 10.1080/17439760.2015.1092570
DO - 10.1080/17439760.2015.1092570
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84945217675
SN - 1743-9760
VL - 11
SP - 416
EP - 427
JO - Journal of Positive Psychology
JF - Journal of Positive Psychology
IS - 4
ER -