Calling and career preparation: investigating developmental patterns and temporal precedence
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Hirschi, Andreas
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13.03.2013
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01A - Journal article
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Journal of Vocational Behavior
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83
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1
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51-60
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Elsevier
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Abstract
The presence of a calling and career development are assumed to be closely related. However,
the nature of and reason for this relationship have not been thoroughly investigated. We
hypothesized the existence of reciprocal effects between calling and three dimensions of
career preparation and assessed the change of the presence of a calling, career planning,
decidedness, and self-efficacy with three waves of a diverse sample of German university
students (N = 846) over one year. Latent growth analyses revealed that the intercepts of
calling showed a significant positive correlation with the intercepts of all career preparation
measures. The slope of calling was positively related to those of decidedness and self-efficacy
but not to planning. Cross-lagged analyses showed that calling predicted a subsequent
increase in planning and self-efficacy. Planning and decidedness predicted an increase in the
presence of a calling. The results suggest that calling and career preparation are related due to
mutual effects but that effects differ for different career preparation dimensions.
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0001-8791
1095-9084
1095-9084
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English
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Published
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Hirschi, A., & Herrmann, A. (2013). Calling and career preparation: investigating developmental patterns and temporal precedence. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 83(1), 51–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2013.02.008