Intellectual Contribution by Jennifer Tosti-Kharas

Contribution Title

Dobrow, S. R. & Tosti-Kharas, J. In Press. Listen to your heart? Calling and receptivity to career advice. Journal of Career Assessment.

Publication

Journal of Career Assessment

Co-author

Shoshana R. Dobrow

Year

2012

Description

This study explores calling in the context of career decision-making. Specifically, we examine receptivity to advice that discourages individuals from pursuing a professional path in their calling's domain. We hypothesize that people with a strong calling will be more likely to ignore negative career advice. In Study 1, a 4-wave, 7-year longitudinal study following 450 amateur musicians across career stages, our regression analyses showed that those with a stronger calling toward music reported being more willing to ignore the discouraging career-related advice of a trusted mentor. These results held over time, such that an early calling predicted the degree to which young people were willing to ignore career advice equally strongly 6 weeks, 3_ years, and 7 years later. In Study 2, we replicated these findings in a cross-sectional study of 131 business students. We discuss the implications for research on calling, as well as for counseling strong-calling individuals.

Complete Citation

Website

http://jca.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/01/19/1069072711434412.full.pdf+html

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