Work orientation (job, career or calling)
What work fundamentally means to you.
Wrzesniewski, McCauley, Rozin & Schwartz (1997) found people relate to work in three validated ways — as a Job, a Career, or a Calling — which predicts satisfaction and wellbeing more than the work itself does. (Work orientation (Wrzesniewski et al.))
Groups
- A job — Mainly for the paycheck and the life it funds outside work.
- A career — About advancement, achievement and growing status.
- A calling — A source of meaning and contribution, valuable in itself.
- A mix — Some blend of the three, or it shifts over time.
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