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Meaningful engagement: Impacts of a ‘calling’ work orientation and perceived leadership support

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  • Kolodinsky, Robert W
  • Ritchie, William J
  • Kuna, Wayne A

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Given its positive relationship with valued organizational outcomes, worker-related engagement has become a prominent issue for practitioners and for scholars. While recent research has begun to validate various engagement antecedents and outcomes, little is known about the effects that work orientation and supportive leadership have on engagement, particularly among millennial workers, the soon to be dominant generational work group globally. To explore these gaps, we studied a particular form of work orientation – those indicating having a ‘calling’ – along with perceptions of how supportive leadership is for study subjects’ current work. Specifically, we posited positive worker engagement relationships for both worker calling and perceptions of leadership support, as well as for their interaction. Drawing upon a United States-based sample of 297 millennial workers, we found a positive relationship for each hypothesis. This study contributes to the expanding literature on the value of understanding how work orientation and leadership perceptions impact important organizational outcomes.

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  • Kolodinsky, Robert W & Ritchie, William J & Kuna, Wayne A, 2018. "Meaningful engagement: Impacts of a ‘calling’ work orientation and perceived leadership support," Journal of Management & Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 24(3), pages 406-423, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jomorg:v:24:y:2018:i:03:p:406-423_00
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    1. C. Christopher LEE & Hyoun Sook LIM, 2024. "Examining The Relationships Between Transformational And Transactional Leadership And Employee Engagement During The Covid-19 Pandemic: The Moderating Effect Of Employee Generations," Studies in Business and Economics, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 19(1), pages 118-136, April.
    2. Yohannes Mekonnen Yesuf & Demis Alamirew Getahun & Asemamaw Tilahun Debas, 2023. "Factors affecting “employees’ creativity”: the mediating role of intrinsic motivation," Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 1-20, December.
    3. Enrico Fontana & Sanne Frandsen & Mette Morsing, 2023. "Saving the World? How CSR Practitioners Live Their Calling by Constructing Different Types of Purpose in Three Occupational Stages," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 185(4), pages 741-766, July.

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