Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Associate professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Administrative Sciences & Economy, Vali-e-Asr University, Rafsanjan, Iran
2 MSc, Department of Management, Faculty of Administrative Sciences & Economy, Vali-e-Asr University, Rafsanjan, Iran
Abstract
Calling is a behavioral phenomenon to find one's identity through serving to others. The present study has attempted to explore the types of this phenomenon according to the lived experiences of employees of an Iranian public organization (Vali-Asr University of Rafsanjan) based on the empirical phenomenological psychological (EPP) method. The participants were 30 employees of this university who were selected through a typical sampling method and invited to the research. The data collection tool was in-depth semi-structured interviews with participants. According to the research findings, based on the three criteria of consciousness, will and intention, eight types were identified for calling in the studied organization, which were: consciousness divine callings, consciousness mundane callings, unconsciousness divine callings, unconsciousness mundane callings, consciousness divine be-called, consciousness mundane be-called, unconsciousness divine be-called, unconsciousness mundane be-called. In addition, three other twins were identified for fulfilled callings in the organization: failed call, fake callings, and non-callings.
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