Calling and Career Preparation: Investigating Developmental Patterns and Temporal Precedence

Autor/inn/en	Hirschi, Andreas; Herrmann, Anne
Titel	Calling and Career Preparation: Investigating Developmental Patterns and Temporal Precedence
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 83 (2013) 1, S.51-60 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791
DOI	10.1016/j.jvb.2013.02.008
Schlagwörter	Career Choice; Career Development; Career Planning; Self Efficacy; College Students; Foreign Countries; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufsentwicklung; Karriereplanung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Collegestudent; Ausland; Deutschland
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. (Contains 1 figure and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10