Attachment to God, Vocational Calling, and Worker Contentment
Existing organizational research overlooks divine attachment as a personal characteristic relevant to work. We argue that secure attachment to God as an internal working model can function as a secure base from which individuals form meaningful attachments to their workplace and work position. W...
| Published in: | Review of religious research |
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| Authors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Springer
[2016]
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| In: |
Review of religious research
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
God
/ Affective bonding
/ Vocation
/ Job satisfaction
/ Organizational commitment (Management)
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality ZD Psychology |
| Further subjects: | B
attachment to God
B Workplace organizational commitment B Job satisfaction |
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| Summary: | Existing organizational research overlooks divine attachment as a personal characteristic relevant to work. We argue that secure attachment to God as an internal working model can function as a secure base from which individuals form meaningful attachments to their workplace and work position. We further hypothesize that a sense of vocational calling (i.e., a belief that God calls individuals to particular work settings or jobs) will mediate the relationship between secure God attachment and positive work attitudes. We test these hypotheses by analyzing data from the Baylor Religion Survey 2010, a random sample of US adults. Findings demonstrate that secure attachment to God positively relates to affective organizational commitment and job satisfaction. As hypothesized, vocational calling also mediates a large proportion of these relationships. Implications of our findings are discussed in conclusion. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s13644-016-0250-9 |