Testing a calling model of psychological career success in Australian young adults: A longitudinal study

Theory-based longitudinal research on career calling is sparse. In a two-wave, cross-lagged panel design we assessed Hall and Chandler's (2005) calling model of psychological career success using 216 young adults (M age=20.44years, SD=2.54). We tested if changes in career calling over time were...

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Published inJournal of vocational behavior Vol. 85; no. 1; pp. 125 - 135
Main Authors Praskova, Anna, Hood, Michelle, Creed, Peter A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Elsevier Inc 01.08.2014
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Adaptability
Career adaptability
Career calling
Career strategies
Careers
Causality
Life meaning
Occupational psychology
Organizational behavior
Studies
Success
Work effort
Work life balance
Young adults
Australia
Career calling
Young adults
Career adaptability
Career strategies
Work effort
Life meaning
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Summary:Theory-based longitudinal research on career calling is sparse. In a two-wave, cross-lagged panel design we assessed Hall and Chandler's (2005) calling model of psychological career success using 216 young adults (M age=20.44years, SD=2.54). We tested if changes in career calling over time were associated with changes in goal-directed effort (work effort and career strategies) and psychological career success (life meaning and career adaptability) over time, and if goal-directed effort mediated between career calling and psychological career success over time. The standard causal model showed a better fit over the base, reverse, and reciprocal causation models. T1 career calling predicted T2 work effort, career strategies, life meaning, and career adaptability. Only career strategies mediated between T1 career calling and T2 life meaning and T2 career adaptability. Limitations and future directions are discussed. •Career calling is positively associated with life meaning and career adaptability over time.•Career calling is positively associated with work effort and career strategies over time.•Work effort does not mediate between career calling and life meaning and career adaptability over time.•Career strategies mediate between career calling and life meaning, and career calling and career adaptability, over time.•We provide initial support for a calling model of psychological career success (Hall & Chandler, 2005).
ISSN:0001-8791
1095-9084
DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2014.04.004