Most scholars consider the “calling” construct to be multidimensional, yet very little research has examined the dimensions. Of the proposed dimensions, the most unique—and controversial—is a “transcendent summons” toward a particular career. In two studies, we investigated if a transcendent summons uniquely predicts individuals’ endorsement of having a calling, as well as their career-related and general well-being, beyond calling’s other dimensions. Participants were undergraduate students in the U.S. (n = 492) and working adults drawn from a nationally representative, stratified U.S. panel study (n = 767). Results suggested transcendent summons accounted for robust portions of unique variance in perceptions of calling for undergraduates and working adults. Results were mixed for other criterion variables, as a transcendent summons explained variance beyond calling’s other dimensions for three of the five career-related and general well-being variables for undergraduates, and two of five for working adults. Research and practice implications are discussed.

大多数学者认为“调用”构造是多维的，但很少有研究检查这些维度。在提议的维度中，最独特且最具争议的是针对特定职业的“超然传票”。在两项研究中，我们调查了超然召唤是否可以唯一地预测个人对某人的一种认可，以及超越其自身其他维度的职业发展和总体幸福感。参加者是美国的大学生（n = 492）和从具有国家代表性的分层美国小组研究（n= 767）。结果表明，在要求大学生和在职成年人的认知中，超然传票占了独特差异的重要部分。其他标准变量的结果混合在一起，因为对于大学而言，与职业相关的五个变量和总体幸福感变量中的三个变量，对于职业成年人而言，五个变量中的两个变量，超越性召唤解释了超出召唤其他维度的方差。讨论了研究和实践意义。