By employing work as a calling theory, this study examines the direct influence of perceiving a calling on occupational burnout, the mediating effect of living a calling between the perceiving a calling and occupational burnout association, and the moderating role of job crafting between the relationship of living a calling and occupational burnout. The data were collected in two phases from 254 participants working in Pakistan’s different organizations (i.e., manufacturing, banking, and higher education). To test the hypotheses, PROCESS-macro was used to test the relationships. The findings reveal that the individuals’ perceiving a calling helps reduce occupational burnout. It indicated that living a calling act as a mediating mechanism between perceiving a calling and occupational burnout. Additionally, the study investigated that job crafting moderated the negative relationship between living a calling and occupational burnout and supported the mediated moderation results. By summing up, the present study highlights the importance of calling phenomena by unveiling the positive and negative aspects of certain mechanisms such as living a calling and job crafting that affect occupational burnout. Further, implications and limitations are discussed.

本研究以工作为呼唤理论，考察了感知呼唤对职业倦怠的直接影响、感知呼唤与职业倦怠关联之间的中介作用，以及工作塑造在职业倦怠之间的调节作用。生活在呼唤和职业倦怠中。数据分两个阶段收集，来自在巴基斯坦不同组织（即制造业、银行业和高等教育）工作的 254 名参与者。为了检验假设，使用了 PROCESS-macro 来检验这些关系。研究结果表明，个体感知呼唤有助于减少职业倦怠。它表明，生活在呼唤中充当了感知呼唤和职业倦怠之间的中介机制。此外，该研究调查了工作塑造缓和了呼唤和职业倦怠之间的负相关关系，并支持了中介的缓和结果。总之，本研究通过揭示影响职业倦怠的某些机制的积极和消极方面，如影响职业倦怠的呼召和工作塑造，突出了呼召现象的重要性。此外，还讨论了影响和局限性。