title: Calling and life satisfaction: it's not about having it, it's about living it.
abstract: The present study examined the relation of career calling to life satisfaction among a diverse sample of 553 working adults, with a specific focus on the distinction between perceiving a calling (sensing a calling to a career) and living a calling (actualizing one's calling in one's current career). As hypothesized, the relation of perceiving a calling to life satisfaction was fully mediated by living a calling. On the basis of this finding, a structural equation model was tested to examine possible mediators between living a calling and life satisfaction. As hypothesized, the relation of living a calling to life satisfaction was partially mediated by job satisfaction and life meaning, and the link between living a calling and job satisfaction was mediated by work meaning and career commitment. Modifications of the model also revealed that the link of living a calling to life meaning was mediated by work meaning. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. rduf@ufl.edu
authors.forename: Ryan D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Duffy
authors.forename: Blake A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.forename: Kelsey L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Autin
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Bott
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002321:Career Choice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D014481:United States; D014937:Work / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult