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The Effects of Calling and Vocational Presence and Search on Psychological Well-Being

O'Neal, April M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1490960957825991

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2017, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Bowling Green State University, Leadership Studies.
This study was a quantitative exploration of 13 calling and vocational constructs related to calling presence, search and actualization to determine which best predicted psychological well-being. For this study, calling was defined using the definition established by Dik and Duffy (2009) and its three component parts: (1) an external summons, (2) viewing one’s work as a source of purpose or meaning, and (3) having a prosocial orientation or using one’s work to help others. Forward multiple regression analyses revealed that Search for Calling and Presence of Prosocial Orientation were the best predictors of well-being. Further, group differences were explored using the calling categories: calling diffusion, calling foreclosure, calling moratorium, and calling achievement (see Table 1). Results revealed that individuals who were high in searching for a calling had significantly lower levels of psychological well-being if they also had low levels of calling presence (Calling Moratorium Category). The hope of the researcher is that these as well as previous research findings lead to the future study of additional aspects of calling and psychological well-being.
Rachel Vannatta Reinhart, PhD (Advisor)
Margaret Brooks, PhD (Other)
Dale Dwyer, PhD (Committee Member)
Judith Jackson May, PhD (Committee Member)
Patrick Pauken, PhD (Committee Member)
132 p.
Business Administration; Business Education; Education; Organization Theory; Organizational Behavior; Psychology
Calling; Calling Presence; Calling Search; Vocation; Well-Being

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  • O'Neal, A. M. (2017). The Effects of Calling and Vocational Presence and Search on Psychological Well-Being [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1490960957825991

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • O'Neal, April. The Effects of Calling and Vocational Presence and Search on Psychological Well-Being. 2017. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1490960957825991.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • O'Neal, April. "The Effects of Calling and Vocational Presence and Search on Psychological Well-Being." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1490960957825991

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