Why does a person work? Over the last two decades we have seen exponential growth in
research distinguishing three orientations toward work (job, career, calling) and how they …

Work is one of the most enduring and consequential life domains regarding how meaning
and purpose impact health and well-being. This review first examines scientific findings from …

Through the lens of hospitality, an industry with chronic retention issues, this article seeks to
stimulate reflection on labor-intensive industries and how we can reimagine their responses …

While a positive view of calling has been ubiquitous since its introduction into the literature
over two decades ago, research remains unsettled about the extent to which it contributes to …

During normal and predictable circumstances, employees' occupational calling (ie, a
transcendent passion to use their talent and competencies toward positive societal impact …

Experiencing work as a calling has been described as the ideal of a truly positive
experience of work. But what we know about how called professionals construct identities as …

Purpose Drawing on the self-determination and conservation of resources theories, as well
as the transactional theory of stress, this paper aims to develop and empirically test a …

This two-year inductive study of a refugee-resettlement agency examines how employees
navigated a workload surge caused by a refugee crisis and sustained the perceived …

Despite a surge in the research on callings, the field of callings requires a better
understanding of the workplace implications of callings for employee outcomes. In particular …

A compelling organizational mission can contribute to employees' sense of work as worthy
and thereby meaningful. Yet realizing this potential depends on whether and how the …