ERIC Number: EJ1449513
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 29
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ISSN: ISSN-0146-3934
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Exploring the Role of Work Orientation and Parental Influence on the Presence of a Calling in College Students; Implications for Academic Motivation and Satisfaction
Keith Lavine; Phillip Blankenship
College Student Journal, v56 n4 p382-410 2022
Over the last several decades, there have been numerous studies of both workers and college students who have a calling to a particular line of work. Many positive outcomes have been associated with the presence of a calling, but still much is unknown about both predictors and antecedents of having a calling. This pair of studies explored the extent to which college students' work orientation and parental influence (parents' work orientation and parental pressure) relates to students' presence of a calling, and how, in turn, all of these factors play a role in students' autonomous motivation, satisfaction, and commitment to their major/career path. Two separate samples of undergraduate students (n = 178; n=84) completed online surveys measuring the variables of interest to this study. The most notable results of these studies suggest that students' work orientation is associated with the presence of a calling, and that both presence of a calling and student calling orientation are associated with higher levels of autonomous motivation, and satisfaction and commitment to their major/career path. We found some evidence that perceived influence of parental pressure relates negatively to presence of a calling, autonomous motivation, and satisfaction. This research has implications for universities in supporting student development of a calling orientation and discernment of a calling. It also has implications for parents in how they can best support their children in pursuing a particular major and/or career path.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Career Choice, Student Empowerment, Parent Influence, Education Work Relationship, Goal Orientation, Student Motivation, Student Satisfaction, Majors (Students), Student Educational Objectives
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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