Research on the Impact of Calling on Subjective Career Success: The Mediating Effect of Job Engagement and the Moderating Effect of Self-Efficacy

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Purpose Targeting China’s in-service staff and considering the influence of calling on subjective career success, this research aims to further understand the mediating role of job engagement and the moderating role of self-efficacy. It expects to arouse organizations’ more attention to the whole process of innovation and stimulate the maximum creativity of employees. Design/Methodology/Approach Based on the previous research, this research applies mature scales to devise a suitable questionnaire. Also, questionnaire survey method is adopted to collect data from Chinese employees. SPSS 23.0 and Amos 23.0 are applied as the statistical analysis tools. Also, In order to verify the validity and reliability, element analysis and reliability analysis were carried out. In order to understand the correlation, the relationship analysis and the regression analysis of the influence relationship were carried out. Findings Calling has a positive impact on subjective career success. Job engagement plays an mediating role in the relationship between calling and subjective career success. Self-efficacy plays a significant moderating role. Research Implications This research is focused on the impact of calling on subjective career success which from the perspective of personal psychology. It can help improve the feeling for personal subjective career success by increasing the degree of job engagement. Organizations must recognize the influence of the guiding force of Calling on the attitude of employees. And pay more attention to the cultivation and exploration of calling. It can enhance the job engagement of employees and improve the feeling about subjective career success. If employees perceive self-efficacy, the chance of success will increase accordingly for their subjective career.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. Introduction Ⅱ. Theoretical Background Ⅲ. Research Hypotheses Ⅳ. Research Design and Methods Ⅴ. Hypothesis Testing Ⅵ. Results Discussion and Research Inspiration