Linking Career Calling Profiles to Ecological Considerations in Vocational Behaviors, Ecological Worries and Nature Connectedness

Career calling is a work orientation that refers to a sense of purpose that leads a person toward a personally fulfilling and socially significant engagement. It could be argued that the prosocial nature of calling might entail caring for the environment. Indeed, studies have linked calling to some pro-environmental behaviors. However, little attention has been devoted to understanding intraindividual patterns of calling and how configurations of calling dimensions might help understand the association with environmental attitudes. This study aimed to identify distinct career calling profiles and to examine their association with ecological considerations in vocational behaviors, ecological worries and nature connectedness. Latent profile analysis was conducted using data from a sample of French-Canadian adults ( N = 622). Results revealed four quantitively and qualitatively distinct profiles. Participants from the two profiles characterized by an above-average level of calling report higher levels of environmental attitudes than those profiles with below-average level of calling, as expected. These results support the importance of adopting a person-centered approach to understand calling considering that career calling profiles might reflect different work orientation. Moreover, this research suggests with whom it might be beneficial to integrate ecological considerations into career counseling practices.