School of Management and Business, King's College London.
School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London.
J Occup Health Psychol. 2017 Jan;22(1):28-39. doi: 10.1037/ocp0000025. Epub 2016 Apr 7.
It has been argued that when people believe that their work is a calling, it can often be experienced as an intense and consuming passion with significant personal meaning. While callings have been demonstrated to have several positive outcomes for individuals, less is known about the potential downsides for those who experience work in this way. This study develops a multiple-meditation model proposing that, while the intensity of a calling has a positive direct effect on work-related vigor, it motivates people to work longer hours, which both directly and indirectly via longer work hours, limits their psychological detachment from work in the evenings. In turn, this process reduces sleep quality and morning vigor. Survey and diary data of 193 church ministers supported all hypotheses associated with this model. This implies that intense callings may limit the process of recovery from work experiences. The findings contribute to a more balanced theoretical understanding of callings. (PsycINFO Database Record
有人认为，当人们认为自己的工作是一种使命感时，它通常会被体验为一种强烈的、消耗精力的激情，具有重要的个人意义。虽然使命感已经被证明对个人有几个积极的结果，但对于那些以这种方式工作的人来说，他们潜在的负面影响知之甚少。本研究提出了一个多焦点模型，该模型提出，虽然使命感的强度对与工作相关的活力有积极的直接影响，但它促使人们工作更长时间，这既直接又通过更长的工作时间，限制了他们在晚上从工作中心理上的解脱。反过来，这个过程会降低睡眠质量和早上的活力。对 193 名教堂牧师的调查和日记数据支持了与该模型相关的所有假设。这意味着强烈的使命感可能会限制从工作经历中恢复的过程。研究结果有助于对使命感有更平衡的理论理解。
