When Living a Calling Leads to Burnout: a Latent Profile Analysis of Living a Calling and Excessive Working in The Context of Gig Work

Affolter, Lorenz Frédéric; Spurk, Daniel; Straub, Caroline (15 September 2023). When Living a Calling Leads to Burnout: a Latent Profile Analysis of Living a Calling and Excessive Working in The Context of Gig Work In: 13. Tagung der DGPs-Fachgruppen Arbeits- Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie und Ingenieurpsychologie. Kassel. 12.09.2023 - 15.09.2023.

One understudied area in research about work as a calling is the so-called dark side of living out a calling. While the work as a calling theory (WCT) suggests that living a calling can lead to burnout for certain individuals, the few existing empirical studies so far contradict this hypothesis as no positive relationship between living a calling and burnout have been found. We therefore argue that a person-centered research approach is needed that aims to work out different sub-groups of individuals based on their sense of living a calling and excessive working. Furthermore, scholars have noted that to understand the dark side of living a calling, research should focus more strongly on alternative work arrangements. One type of such work arrangements are gig work platforms (GWPs) that mediate between self-employed individuals and customers without a formal employment contract. In this study, we analyzed a large sample of 723 independent workers on GWPs. We used Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) to capture different styles of living out a calling to understand how these relate to job stress, emotional exhaustion and job satisfaction. We constructed profiles based on individuals’ sense of living a calling and on their levels of excessive working. Furthermore, we analyzed how the different profiles relate to different individual characteristics in the context of GWPs.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)
Division/Institute:	Business School > Institute for New Work Business School > Institute for New Work > Achtsamkeit und Positive Leadership Business School
Name:	Affolter, Lorenz Frédéric; Spurk, Daniel and Straub, Caroline
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Language:	English
Submitter:	Lorenz Frédéric Affolter
Date Deposited:	10 Jan 2024 11:28
Last Modified:	10 Jan 2024 11:28
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/20917