When Callings Are Calling: Crafting Work and Leisure in Pursuit of Unanswered Occupational Callings

By Justin M. Berg, Adam M. Grant, Victoria Johnson. Organ. Sci., 2010

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Subfields: Demography, Health, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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In Demography

1. Peter A. Creed
2. Michelle Hood
3. Anna Praskova
4. Bryan J. Dik
5. Ryan D. Duffy
6. Richard P Douglass
7. A. Hirschi
8. B. Caza

In Health

1. Michelle Hood
2. Peter A. Creed
3. Anna Praskova
4. Bryan J. Dik
5. Ryan D. Duffy
6. A. Hirschi
7. Richard P Douglass
8. B. Caza

In Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

1. Arnold B. Bakker
2. Evangelia Demerouti
3. Ryan D. Duffy
4. Paraskevas Petrou
5. M. Tims
6. Sharon K. Parker
7. Peter A. Creed
8. Michelle Hood

Citations in the corpus

• Does the dark side of a calling exist? Examining potential negative effects (2016, background): “For example, a qualitative study by Berg et al. (2010) revealed that people with ‘unanswered’ callings experienced feelings of regret and stress in the pursuit of their callings.”
• From Synchronizing to Harmonizing: The Process of Authenticating Multiple Work Identities (2018, background): “To fit the prominent, accepted narrative of a single focused career, people often forgo one vocational passion, sometimes even one perceived as a ‘‘calling,’’ to focus on another (Berg, Grant, and Johnson, 2010; Obodaru, 2012, 2017).”
• Job Crafting and Cultivating Positive Meaning and Identity in Work (2013, background): “In a qualitative study of employees in a variety of jobs, Berg, Grant, and Johnson (2010) investigated how employees craft their jobs in response to having unanswered occupational callings – that is, feeling drawn to pursue an occupation other than the one in which they work.”
• When and why do individuals craft their jobs? The role of individual motivation and work characteristics for job crafting (2016, methodology): “Moreover, carrying out job crafting behaviors involves adaptive efforts (e.g. negotiation with the supervisor, trust building), as the study of Berg et al. (2010b) suggested.”
• Self-Regulatory Processes Mediating Between Career Calling and Perceived Employability and Life Satisfaction in Emerging Adults (2015, positive): “Career calling becomes important for emerging adults as they develop career goals and engage in career actions relevant to creating a meaningful occupational future (Berg, Grant, & Johnson, 2010).”