The influence of spiritual “meaning‐making” on career behavior

By Marjolein Lips-Wiersma. 2002

235 citations recorded by the source corpus.

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

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In Demography

1. Bryan J. Dik
2. Ryan D. Duffy
3. M. Steger
4. A. Hirschi
5. Wilmar B. Schaufeli
6. Arnold B. Bakker
7. Evangelia Demerouti
8. M. Tims

In Health

1. Bryan J. Dik
2. Ryan D. Duffy
3. M. Steger
4. A. Hirschi
5. D. Hall
6. Marie Good
7. Teena Willoughby
8. W. Sedlacek

In Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

1. Arnold B. Bakker
2. Evangelia Demerouti
3. M. Tims
4. Daantje Derks
5. Wilmar B. Schaufeli
6. Jos Akkermans
7. Ryan D. Duffy
8. Machteld van den Heuvel

Citations in the corpus

• Job crafting and its relationships with person–job fit and meaningfulness: A three-wave study (2016, background): “In sum, although some people are more likely to experience meaningful work simply because they possess certain personality traits (e.g., calling orientation; Wrzesniewski et al., 1997 or spirituality; Lips-Wiersma, 2002), the way the job is designed as well as opportunities to interact with others w”
• Psychological success: When the career is a calling (2005, background): “Rather, it reflects a generalized form of psychological engagement with the meaning of one’s career work (e.g., Kahn, 1990; Hall, Briscoe, 2004; Dobrow, 2004; Wrzesniewski et al., 1997; Wrzesniewski, 2003, 2004; Lips-Wiersma, 2002a, 2002b; Hansen, 1997).”
• Calling and Vocation at Work (2009, background): “Also, a recent qualitative study of 16 participants from New Zealand, representing diverse nationalities and religious/ spiritual affiliations, found that those who viewed spirituality as important in life also expressed a greater desire to serve others through work and to have a meaningful career (”
• Adolescence as a sensitive period for spiritual development. (2008, background): “…may consider their career to be an extension of their spiritual values, wherein the spiritually or religiously motivated desire to serve others, treat others with kindness and compassion, and follow the call of God is fulfilled in part through their vocation (e.g., Duffy, 2006; Lips-Wiersma, 2002).”
• Relation of career adaptability to meaning in life and connectedness among adolescents in Hong Kong (2015, background): “Steger, Frazier, Oishi, and Kaler (2006) defined ‘This satisfaction has been found to be associated with career development (Skorikov, 2007) and career adaptability (Lips-Wiersma, 2002; Santilli et al., 2014; Schultze & Miller, 2004).”
• Dual career pathways of transnational athletes (2015, background): “existential meanings, social expectations and cultural demands (Lips-Wiersma, 2002; Richardson, 2012).”
• Calling in Work (2010, background): “People for whom spirituality is more salient also express a greater desire to serve others through work (Lips-Wiersma, 2002).”
• On the meaning of work: A theoretical integration and review (2010, background): “…research has found that individuals frequently turn to spirituality or religion in their fundamental search for meaning and purpose in life (Lips-Wiersma, 2002; Šverko & Vizek-Vidović, 1995), and although they may be reluctant to discuss it at work, large numbers of employees across the…”
• The Salience of a Career Calling Among College Students: Exploring Group Differences and Links to Religiousness, Life Meaning, and Life Satisfaction (2010, background): “…studies that assessed the role of religion or spirituality in the career development of college students found that some students do report a career calling, often coinciding with a desire to serve others in some way (Constantine et al., 2006; Lips-Wiersma, 2002; Royce-Davis & Stewart, 2000).”