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Calling and Vocation at Work: Definitions and Prospects for Research and Practice

¹ Colorado State University
² University of Maryland

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bryan.dik{at}colostate.edu.

	Abstract

The purpose of this article is to initiate an effort to establish the constructs calling and vocation within counseling psychology. First, updated definitions of calling and vocation, developed with an eye toward stimulating research and providing useful practice applications, are proposed. Next, the authors explain how the constructs apply to the domain of human work, review empirical and theoretical work related to calling and vocation and their role in human functioning, and differentiate the terms from each other and related constructs. Finally, directions for basic and applied research on calling and vocation are suggested, and implications for career counseling practice are outlined.

First published on April 14, 2008, doi:10.1177/0011000008316430

The Counseling Psychologist 2009;37:424.

A more recent version of this article appeared on April 1, 2009


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