ABSTRACT

The present study examined how occupational calling affects the relationships between challenge and hindrance stressors, work motivation, and mental health symptoms. Individuals experience the presence of calling as a result of a transcendent summons (i.e. feeling called to a particular line of work), being engaged in purposeful work, or having a prosocial orientation to work as giving back to others. Employees with a higher calling orientation were expected to experience enhanced reactions to both challenge and hindrance stressors. A prospective design was utilised, as the three subscales of calling and challenge and hindrance stressors were assessed at Time 1 and engagement and mental health symptoms were assessed three months later at Time 2. Results indicated that the relationships between hindrance stressors and mental health symptoms were magnified when participants reported higher levels of all three subscales of occupational calling, whereas calling did not influence the relationship between challenge stressors and the outcomes. The present study builds on recent research showing that although calling is related to numerous positive outcomes, negative effects may also occur. The results of the present study hold potential for interventions to minimize the negative outcomes that can result from possessing an occupational calling.

摘要

本研究研究了职业呼唤如何影响挑战和障碍压力源，工作动机和心理健康症状之间的关系。个人由于超然的召唤而感到呼唤（即感觉被召唤到特定的工作领域），从事有目的的工作或具有亲社会的倾向以回馈他人。期望具有较高呼叫定向的员工对挑战和障碍压力源的反应会增强。使用前瞻性设计，因为在时间1评估了呼叫，挑战和障碍压力源的三个分量表，在三个月后的时间2评估了参与和心理健康症状。结果表明，当参与者报告的职业呼唤的所有三个子等级都较高时，阻碍压力源与心理健康症状之间的关系就会放大，而呼叫并不影响挑战压力源与结果之间的关系。本研究以最近的研究为基础，该研究表明，尽管打电话与许多积极的结果有关，但负面影响也可能发生。本研究的结果具有进行干预的潜力，可最大程度地减少因拥有职业呼吁而可能产生的负面结果。本研究以最近的研究为基础，该研究表明，尽管打电话与许多积极的结果有关，但负面影响也可能发生。本研究的结果具有进行干预的潜力，可最大程度地减少因拥有职业呼吁而可能产生的负面结果。本研究以最近的研究为基础，该研究表明，尽管打电话与许多积极的结果有关，但负面影响也可能发生。本研究的结果具有进行干预的潜力，可最大程度地减少因拥有职业呼吁而可能产生的负面结果。