A Cultural Orientation Approach to Work Orientation: Mongolian Workers' Jobs, Careers, and Callings. (December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Park, Jiyoung; Choi, Yeeun; Chao, Melody M.; Beejinkhuu, Uurtsaikh; Sohn, Young Woo
• Is Part Of: Journal of career development. Volume 49:Number 6(2022)
• Page Start: 1351
• Page End: 1366
• Publication Date: 2022-12
• Subjects: work orientation -- individualism-collectivism -- calling orientation -- Mongolia -- satisfaction; Career education -- United States -- Periodicals; Career development -- Periodicals; 370.113
• DOI: 10.1177/08948453211040811
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0894-8453

Abstract

Culturally held beliefs about the self and its relations with others affect the way individuals view their work. In this study, we examined the associations between individualism-collectivism and the three work orientations (i.e., viewing work as a job, a career, or a calling). We also investigated whether the positive effects of a calling orientation can be generalized to a developing eastern country, Mongolia. Using a sample of 352 Mongolian workers, we found that those endorsing horizontal collectivism tended to view their work as a calling more than as a job or a career. Mongolians with a calling orientation reported having better satisfaction with job, salary, and life, more work meaningfulness, and less turnover intention than those viewing work as a job or a career. The results suggest that cultural orientations and work orientations are intertwined, and the positive roles of a calling orientation are generalizable to Mongolia.