Bryan J Dik
Biographic Data
| ID | 256412 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bryan J Dik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bryan J |
| FAMILY NAME | Dik |
| SIGNATURE | DIK B J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Colorado State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 95 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Examining Search for and Presence of a Calling Among Students and Employed Adults Using Latent Profile Analysis
The concept of calling is relevant to many people’s working lives. Most extant research examines perceiving and living a calling, but search for a calling is comparatively understudied. We addressed this by examining profiles of searching for and presence of a calling using latent profile analysis (LPA) across student and employed adult samples. We conducted two studies ( N = 1,251). Study 1 recruited participants from a U.S. university, and Stud…
Work and Wellbeing for LGBT + Employees Perceiving a Calling
Though much evidence has been put forth to describe the benefits and consequences of perceiving work as a calling, little is known about the experiences of vocational calling for gender and sexual minority (i.e., LGBT+) employees. As workplace diversity climate has been demonstrated as influential to LGBT + employees’ experiences based in Signaling Theory, we integrated Work as Calling (WCT) and Signaling Theory to explore the hypothesized role o…
Transcendent or Fraudulent
This exploratory study investigated the relationship among imposter phenomenon (IP), perfectionism, and calling. While IP has been linked to perfectionism, no research has explored how calling may influence or be influenced by IP. This study tested whether calling serves as a protective or risk factor for IP and examined perfectionism as both a mediator and moderator of these relationships. 581 undergraduate students completed measures assessing …
Calling, careers, and career counselling
Calling’s dimensions and career development among undergraduate students
Most scholars conceptualize calling as multidimensional, yet most studies operationalize the variable using unidimensional scales or total scores from multidimensional scales. Consequently, research has established calling’s overall relationships with career development variables without clarifying the dimensions’ roles in accounting for these associations. We sought to address this concern using multiple linear regression models examining how ca…
Predicting work values
Changes in Nurses’ Sense of Calling During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study investigated changes in nurses’ sense of calling during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as possible reasons for these changes. A total of 440 nurses in Turkey responded to a single open-ended question about their work attitudes and experiences. Emergent Qualitative Document Analysis (QDA) was used to analyze the responses. Results demonstrated that nurses experienced both positive and negative changes to their sense of calling, sometime…
A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being
The relation between religiosity and well-being is one of the most researched topics in the psychology of religion, yet the directionality and robustness of the effect remains debated. Here, we adopted a many-analysts approach to assess the robustness of this relation based on a new cross-cultural dataset (N=10,535 participants from 24 countries). We recruited 120 analysis teams to investigate (1) whether religious people self-report higher well-…
Emerging Perspectives
This chapter summarizes the emerging research, theory, and practice implications stemming from these three variables. Work volition is usually considered a prerequisite to living a calling or experiencing meaningful work; that is, a sense of calling and meaningfulness are more likely when people feel they have the capacity to make choices. The career construction theory and psychology of working theory (PWT) offer helpful strategies for assisting…
Volunteerism and Burnout
Volunteering leads to many positive outcomes, especially when one’s reasons for volunteering are satisfied by one’s volunteer experience. But does this match between motive and experience mitigate against negative outcomes? This study examined whether congruence between reasons for volunteering (i.e., Volunteer Functions) and outcomes of volunteering (i.e., Volunteer Outcome Satisfaction) predicted lower levels of volunteer-related burnout in a s…
Callings
This chapter connects the literatures on callings and meaningful work. It examines the meaningful nature of calling by separating the idea of perceiving a calling from actually living one. It is argued that callings, whether prompted from within the person or externally, underpin meaningful engagement with work at the social or personal level because they provide people with purpose. Those who pursue a calling are shown to experience more meaning…
Fostering meaningful work in organizations
Sources of social support and gender in perceived stress and individual adjustment among Latina/o college-attending emerging adults
Results highlight how social support helps Latina/o youth cope with stress and mitigate challenges associated with their college transition. Social support implications for physical and psychological health differ for male and female Latina/o college-attending emerging adults. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Work as a calling
Perceiving work as a calling has been positioned as a key pathway to enhancing work-related well-being. However, no formal theory exists attempting to explain predictors and outcomes of living a calling at work. To address this important gap, this article introduces a theoretical, empirically testable model of work as a calling - the Work as Calling Theory (WCT) - that is suitable for the contemporary world of work. Drawing from research and theo…
Intergenerational Solidarity and Individual Adjustment During Emerging Adulthood
In this study, we aimed to extend research on the theory of intergenerational solidarity by examining the associations between solidarity dimensions and individual adjustment among an ethnically diverse sample of college-attending emerging adults (age range: 18-25 years; N = 600). We proposed a multiple mediator model, hypothesizing that normative solidarity (familism) would be associated with individual adjustment, particularly academic satisfac…
Purpose and Meaning in Career Development Applications
Purpose and meaning in career development is a rapidly growing, cross-disciplinary area of research and practice in which counseling and vocational psychology aligns with positive psychology to yield promising applications to career counseling. We provide a brief overview of theory related to purpose and meaning in work, then review six specific areas of application: strengths, positive emotions and flow, gratitude, work hope, job crafting, and p…
Purpose and meaning in the workplace.
Work is one of the fundamental experiences of human life. Yet very few of us are lucky enough to find truly fulfilling jobs. In recent decades, as businesses have come to understand the crucial link between happiness and productivity, researchers have focused increasingly on factors such as the nature of the work itself, how well it is suited to the worker, and the ways in which employees can derive meaning and purpose from their work. In this gr…
Purpose and meaning in the workplace
"Work is one of the fundamental experiences of human life. Yet very few of us are lucky enough to find truly fulfilling jobs. In recent decades, as businesses have come to understand the crucial link between happiness and productivity, researchers have focused increasingly on factors such as the nature of the work itself, how well it is suited to the worker, and the ways in which employees can derive meaning and purpose from their work. In this b…
Research on calling
Development and Validation of the Calling and Vocation Questionnaire (CVQ) and Brief Calling Scale (BCS)
Research on work as a calling is limited by measurement concerns. In response, the authors introduce the multidimensional Calling and Vocation Questionnaire (CVQ) and the Brief Calling scale (BCS), instruments assessing presence of, and search for, a calling. Study 1 describes CVQ development using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) in a cross-validated split-sample approach with 456 undergraduates. The CVQ contained six reliable …
Measuring Meaningful Work
Many people desire work that is meaningful. However, research in this area has attracted diverse ideas about meaningful work (MW), accompanied by an equally disparate collection of ways of assessing MW. To further advance study in this area, the authors propose a multidimensional model of work as a subjectively meaningful experience consisting of experiencing positive meaning in work, sensing that work is a key avenue for making meaning, and perc…
Calling and work-related outcomes
The quest for meaning
Religious traditions are considered to provide their members with a way to integrate their experiences into a coherent, comprehensible whole; functioning as a meaning system. Given that religious traditions vary in certain ways, the meaning systems they provide to their members might also differ from one another. The present study was concerned with whether seeking existential meaning in religion and life is compatible with other expressions of r…
College students' perceptions of calling in work and life
Calling and Vocation at Work
The purpose of this article is to initiate an effort to establish the constructs calling and vocation within counseling psychology. First, updated definitions of calling and vocation, developed with an eye toward stimulating research and providing useful practice applications, are proposed. Next, the authors explain how the constructs apply to the domain of human work, review empirical and theoretical work related to calling and vocation and thei…
Calling and Vocation at Work
The purpose of this article is to initiate an effort to establish the constructs calling and vocation within counseling psychology. First, updated definitions of calling and vocation, developed with an eye toward stimulating research and providing useful practice applications, are proposed. Next, the authors explain how the constructs apply to the domain of human work, review empirical and theoretical work related to calling and vocation and thei…
College students' perceptions of calling in work and life
Volunteerism and Burnout
Volunteering leads to many positive outcomes, especially when one’s reasons for volunteering are satisfied by one’s volunteer experience. But does this match between motive and experience mitigate against negative outcomes? This study examined whether congruence between reasons for volunteering (i.e., Volunteer Functions) and outcomes of volunteering (i.e., Volunteer Outcome Satisfaction) predicted lower levels of volunteer-related burnout in a s…
Sources of social support and gender in perceived stress and individual adjustment among Latina/o college-attending emerging adults
Results highlight how social support helps Latina/o youth cope with stress and mitigate challenges associated with their college transition. Social support implications for physical and psychological health differ for male and female Latina/o college-attending emerging adults. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Intergenerational Solidarity and Individual Adjustment During Emerging Adulthood
In this study, we aimed to extend research on the theory of intergenerational solidarity by examining the associations between solidarity dimensions and individual adjustment among an ethnically diverse sample of college-attending emerging adults (age range: 18-25 years; N = 600). We proposed a multiple mediator model, hypothesizing that normative solidarity (familism) would be associated with individual adjustment, particularly academic satisfac…
Purpose and Meaning in Career Development Applications
Purpose and meaning in career development is a rapidly growing, cross-disciplinary area of research and practice in which counseling and vocational psychology aligns with positive psychology to yield promising applications to career counseling. We provide a brief overview of theory related to purpose and meaning in work, then review six specific areas of application: strengths, positive emotions and flow, gratitude, work hope, job crafting, and p…
Calling and Vocation at Work
The purpose of this article is to initiate an effort to establish the constructs calling and vocation within counseling psychology. First, updated definitions of calling and vocation, developed with an eye toward stimulating research and providing useful practice applications, are proposed. Next, the authors explain how the constructs apply to the domain of human work, review empirical and theoretical work related to calling and vocation and thei…
College students' perceptions of calling in work and life
The quest for meaning
Religious traditions are considered to provide their members with a way to integrate their experiences into a coherent, comprehensible whole; functioning as a meaning system. Given that religious traditions vary in certain ways, the meaning systems they provide to their members might also differ from one another. The present study was concerned with whether seeking existential meaning in religion and life is compatible with other expressions of r…
Calling and work-related outcomes
Development and Validation of the Calling and Vocation Questionnaire (CVQ) and Brief Calling Scale (BCS)
Research on work as a calling is limited by measurement concerns. In response, the authors introduce the multidimensional Calling and Vocation Questionnaire (CVQ) and the Brief Calling scale (BCS), instruments assessing presence of, and search for, a calling. Study 1 describes CVQ development using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) in a cross-validated split-sample approach with 456 undergraduates. The CVQ contained six reliable …
Measuring Meaningful Work
Many people desire work that is meaningful. However, research in this area has attracted diverse ideas about meaningful work (MW), accompanied by an equally disparate collection of ways of assessing MW. To further advance study in this area, the authors propose a multidimensional model of work as a subjectively meaningful experience consisting of experiencing positive meaning in work, sensing that work is a key avenue for making meaning, and perc…
Purpose and meaning in the workplace.
Work is one of the fundamental experiences of human life. Yet very few of us are lucky enough to find truly fulfilling jobs. In recent decades, as businesses have come to understand the crucial link between happiness and productivity, researchers have focused increasingly on factors such as the nature of the work itself, how well it is suited to the worker, and the ways in which employees can derive meaning and purpose from their work. In this gr…
Purpose and meaning in the workplace
"Work is one of the fundamental experiences of human life. Yet very few of us are lucky enough to find truly fulfilling jobs. In recent decades, as businesses have come to understand the crucial link between happiness and productivity, researchers have focused increasingly on factors such as the nature of the work itself, how well it is suited to the worker, and the ways in which employees can derive meaning and purpose from their work. In this b…
Research on calling
Purpose and Meaning in Career Development Applications
Purpose and meaning in career development is a rapidly growing, cross-disciplinary area of research and practice in which counseling and vocational psychology aligns with positive psychology to yield promising applications to career counseling. We provide a brief overview of theory related to purpose and meaning in work, then review six specific areas of application: strengths, positive emotions and flow, gratitude, work hope, job crafting, and p…
Intergenerational Solidarity and Individual Adjustment During Emerging Adulthood
In this study, we aimed to extend research on the theory of intergenerational solidarity by examining the associations between solidarity dimensions and individual adjustment among an ethnically diverse sample of college-attending emerging adults (age range: 18-25 years; N = 600). We proposed a multiple mediator model, hypothesizing that normative solidarity (familism) would be associated with individual adjustment, particularly academic satisfac…
Work as a calling
Perceiving work as a calling has been positioned as a key pathway to enhancing work-related well-being. However, no formal theory exists attempting to explain predictors and outcomes of living a calling at work. To address this important gap, this article introduces a theoretical, empirically testable model of work as a calling - the Work as Calling Theory (WCT) - that is suitable for the contemporary world of work. Drawing from research and theo…
Callings
This chapter connects the literatures on callings and meaningful work. It examines the meaningful nature of calling by separating the idea of perceiving a calling from actually living one. It is argued that callings, whether prompted from within the person or externally, underpin meaningful engagement with work at the social or personal level because they provide people with purpose. Those who pursue a calling are shown to experience more meaning…
Fostering meaningful work in organizations
Sources of social support and gender in perceived stress and individual adjustment among Latina/o college-attending emerging adults
Results highlight how social support helps Latina/o youth cope with stress and mitigate challenges associated with their college transition. Social support implications for physical and psychological health differ for male and female Latina/o college-attending emerging adults. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Emerging Perspectives
This chapter summarizes the emerging research, theory, and practice implications stemming from these three variables. Work volition is usually considered a prerequisite to living a calling or experiencing meaningful work; that is, a sense of calling and meaningfulness are more likely when people feel they have the capacity to make choices. The career construction theory and psychology of working theory (PWT) offer helpful strategies for assisting…
Volunteerism and Burnout
Volunteering leads to many positive outcomes, especially when one’s reasons for volunteering are satisfied by one’s volunteer experience. But does this match between motive and experience mitigate against negative outcomes? This study examined whether congruence between reasons for volunteering (i.e., Volunteer Functions) and outcomes of volunteering (i.e., Volunteer Outcome Satisfaction) predicted lower levels of volunteer-related burnout in a s…
Changes in Nurses’ Sense of Calling During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study investigated changes in nurses’ sense of calling during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as possible reasons for these changes. A total of 440 nurses in Turkey responded to a single open-ended question about their work attitudes and experiences. Emergent Qualitative Document Analysis (QDA) was used to analyze the responses. Results demonstrated that nurses experienced both positive and negative changes to their sense of calling, sometime…
A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being
The relation between religiosity and well-being is one of the most researched topics in the psychology of religion, yet the directionality and robustness of the effect remains debated. Here, we adopted a many-analysts approach to assess the robustness of this relation based on a new cross-cultural dataset (N=10,535 participants from 24 countries). We recruited 120 analysis teams to investigate (1) whether religious people self-report higher well-…
Predicting work values
Calling, careers, and career counselling
Calling’s dimensions and career development among undergraduate students
Most scholars conceptualize calling as multidimensional, yet most studies operationalize the variable using unidimensional scales or total scores from multidimensional scales. Consequently, research has established calling’s overall relationships with career development variables without clarifying the dimensions’ roles in accounting for these associations. We sought to address this concern using multiple linear regression models examining how ca…
Examining Search for and Presence of a Calling Among Students and Employed Adults Using Latent Profile Analysis
The concept of calling is relevant to many people’s working lives. Most extant research examines perceiving and living a calling, but search for a calling is comparatively understudied. We addressed this by examining profiles of searching for and presence of a calling using latent profile analysis (LPA) across student and employed adult samples. We conducted two studies ( N = 1,251). Study 1 recruited participants from a U.S. university, and Stud…
Work and Wellbeing for LGBT + Employees Perceiving a Calling
Though much evidence has been put forth to describe the benefits and consequences of perceiving work as a calling, little is known about the experiences of vocational calling for gender and sexual minority (i.e., LGBT+) employees. As workplace diversity climate has been demonstrated as influential to LGBT + employees’ experiences based in Signaling Theory, we integrated Work as Calling (WCT) and Signaling Theory to explore the hypothesized role o…
Transcendent or Fraudulent
This exploratory study investigated the relationship among imposter phenomenon (IP), perfectionism, and calling. While IP has been linked to perfectionism, no research has explored how calling may influence or be influenced by IP. This study tested whether calling serves as a protective or risk factor for IP and examined perfectionism as both a mediator and moderator of these relationships. 581 undergraduate students completed measures assessing …
Psychology (19 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Workplace Spirituality and Leadership (15 works) · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (13 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (11 works) · Applied Psychology (7 works) · Meaning (existential) (6 works) · Work (physics) (6 works) · Job satisfaction (5 works) · Psychotherapist (5 works)