Organizational Behaviour Studies Quarterly

Organizational Behaviour Studies Quarterly

Investigating the Impact of Religiosity and Psychological Capital Calling with Work Meaning Mediation (Case Study: Employees of the General Department of Sports and Youth of Tehran Province)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Abbasli Rastgar 1
Hasan Abedi Jafari 2
Eghbal Jabari 3
1 Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
3 PH.D Student, Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.
Abstract
Calling is a call to a transcendent summons for special mission in the life and shows the meaning of work. Calling has Religious Roots However, as it extends to the world of work, organizational researchers find it highly relevant to important professional behaviors and concerns. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between religiosity and psychological capital on calling with work meaning mediation. This study was conducted with an applied purpose and descriptive-correlation method. The statistical population of the study is the staff of the Department of Sports and Youth of Tehran Province, which can be done by random sampling; 120 of them were selected. To measure job mission variables, Debreu and Tosti-Kharas (2011) questionnaire, psychological capital, Lutans questionnaire (2007), work meaning, Litman-Ovadia and Stiger questionnaire (2010) and Gorsuch and McPherson (1989) religiosity questionnaire were used. SMART_PLS software was reviewed to help model mining. Findings showed that religious and psychological capital have a significant relationship with the calling of employees and also these two variables have a significant relationship with the calling through the work meaning.
Keywords
Religiosity
Psychological Capital
Work Meaning
Calling
Subjects
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