Callings, a prominent way in which communication scholars have spoken about meaningful work, are often used to describe individual pulls towards an occupation. Calling research has also been criticized for lacking participants with diverse backgrounds and occupations. This study addressed these gaps by investigating how Latinx immigrants across two generations made sense of their work as callings. By interviewing Latinx immigrants (N = 36) this study revealed that first- and second-generation immigrants co-constructed integrated callings. Unlike individual callings, integrated callings are tied to a common understanding of how various journeys are connected. Within immigrant families, there was an understanding about the relationship between first-generation immigrants’ migration journeys and second-generation immigrants’ occupational journeys. Across the two generations, work was tied to educational, occupational, and non-occupational outcomes that served to improve the lives of immigrants. The proposed framework, integrated callings, is one that accounts for non-occupational outcomes and the experiences of diverse workers.

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“Dando las Gracias a Mis Papás”：分析几代拉丁裔移民的呼召制定

召唤是传播学者谈论有意义工作的一种突出方式，通常用于描述个人对职业的吸引力。呼叫研究也因缺乏具有不同背景和职业的参与者而受到批评。这项研究通过调查两代拉丁裔移民如何将他们的工作视为使命来解决这些差距。通过采访拉丁裔移民（N = 36），本研究揭示了第一代和第二代移民共同构建了整合的呼召。与个人呼唤不同，综合呼唤与对各种旅程如何连接的共同理解联系在一起。在移民家庭中，对第一代移民的移民旅程和第二代移民的职业旅程之间的关系有所了解。在这两代人中，工作与有助于改善移民生活的教育、职业和非职业成果联系在一起。提议的框架，即综合呼召，是一个考虑到非职业成果和不同工人经验的框架。