Massive disruptions to work and threats to employee well-being due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have highlighted the need to identify resources which enable employees to gain other valuable resources. Using a resource gain perspective, we examined the role of living a calling as a potentially robust resource, enabling employees to gain work readiness during the COVID-19 pandemic, and, in turn, resulting in a greater well-being in the form of lower job strain. Using a sample of clergy (N = 216) from various denominations, we provide initial evidence that living a calling may be associated with lower levels of job strain through increased COVID-19 work readiness. This study underscores the relevance of living a calling in a time of high potential or actual loss of resources.

2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 大流行对工作造成的大规模中断和对员工福祉的威胁凸显了确定资源的必要性，这些资源使员工能够获得其他有价值的资源。从资源获取的角度来看，我们研究了作为潜在强大资源的使命的作用，使员工能够在 COVID-19 大流行期间做好工作准备，进而以较低的形式带来更大的幸福感工作压力。使用来自不同教派的神职人员样本（N = 216），我们提供了初步证据表明，通过提高 COVID-19 工作准备程度，履行使命可能与降低工作压力有关。这项研究强调了在资源潜力巨大或实际丧失的时代活出使命的重要性。