TY - JOUR
T1 - Discerning Work as a Calling
T2 - The Role of Job Crafting
AU - Riasnugrahani, Missiliana
AU - Riantoputra, Corina D.
AU - Takwin, Bagus
AU - Panggabean, Hana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the National Career Development Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - On the basis of career construction theory (CCT), the authors aimed to describe mechanisms by which work may be perceived as a calling. They did so by measuring the mediation and moderation effects of job crafting and power distance orientation (PDO) within the relationship between cognitive flexibility and calling. PDO levels become essential for high-power-distance societies such as Indonesia because PDO can decrease proactive behaviors, such as job crafting. Three hundred four employees in Indonesia responded to measures of calling, PDO, job crafting, and cognitive flexibility. Analyses indicated that the relationship between cognitive flexibility and calling is mediated by cognitive crafting and moderated by PDO. Results support CCT as useful for understanding the mechanisms of calling. For a high-power-distance country, the process of discerning a calling is influenced by submissive attitudes toward a superior. Thus, in assisting job-crafting processes, counselors should focus on the relationship between employees and their superiors.
AB - On the basis of career construction theory (CCT), the authors aimed to describe mechanisms by which work may be perceived as a calling. They did so by measuring the mediation and moderation effects of job crafting and power distance orientation (PDO) within the relationship between cognitive flexibility and calling. PDO levels become essential for high-power-distance societies such as Indonesia because PDO can decrease proactive behaviors, such as job crafting. Three hundred four employees in Indonesia responded to measures of calling, PDO, job crafting, and cognitive flexibility. Analyses indicated that the relationship between cognitive flexibility and calling is mediated by cognitive crafting and moderated by PDO. Results support CCT as useful for understanding the mechanisms of calling. For a high-power-distance country, the process of discerning a calling is influenced by submissive attitudes toward a superior. Thus, in assisting job-crafting processes, counselors should focus on the relationship between employees and their superiors.
KW - calling
KW - career construction theory
KW - cognitive flexibility
KW - job crafting
KW - power distance orientation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85076169616&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/cdq.12203
DO - 10.1002/cdq.12203
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85076169616
SN - 0889-4019
VL - 67
SP - 343
EP - 356
JO - Career Development Quarterly
JF - Career Development Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -