Calling at Work – Important Predictor of Job Satisfaction in University Teachers
Keywords:
job satisfaction, calling, psychological capital, work flow, university teachers, higher educationAbstract
We examined the relationship between the sense of calling at work, psychological capital, work flow and job satisfaction among university teachers. Job satisfaction influences organizational quality and leads to positive organizational outcomes in educational institutions. In Slovenia, research on the university population is rare, so we wanted to study some characteristics of a specific population of university teachers. We wanted to investigate how some internal psychological resources (a calling at work, positive psychological capital and work flow) can contribute to the job satisfaction of university teachers. The sample consisted of 142 university teachers of different affiliations, namely 91 women and 51 men from the University of Ljubljana, the largest university in Slovenia. All internal psychological resources were significantly related to the job satisfaction of university teachers, with the sense of calling being the most important predictor
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