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An employee's perceived sense of calling increases job satisfaction both directly and indirectly through job engagement, with these relationships being negatively moderated by organizational politics and paradoxically moderated by organizational support. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To investigate how an employee's perceived sense of calling directly and indirectly influences job satisfaction via job engagement, and to evaluate the moderating effects of organizational politics and support.

August 22, 2026Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration

Effects of calling and job engagement on job satisfaction: the double-edged moderating roles of organizational politics and organizational support

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PPPraningrum Praningrum FAFerry Tema Atmaja DNDelly Nofiani

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Cross-sectional survey reveals calling and engagement enhance job satisfaction among employees, highlighting how organizational politics and support uniquely moderate workplace outcomes.

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To investigate how an employee's perceived sense of calling directly and indirectly influences job satisfaction via job engagement, and to evaluate the moderating effects of organizational politics and support.
Conducted an online cross-sectional survey of 391 employees in Indonesia (N=391).
Analyzed structural relationships and moderation pathways using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) under a self-determination theory framework.
A perceived sense of calling was positively associated with job satisfaction, operating both directly and indirectly through job engagement.
Perceived organizational politics negatively moderated the positive association between a sense of calling and job engagement.
Perceived organizational support strengthened the positive relationship between job engagement and job satisfaction, but weakened the direct association between sense of calling and job satisfaction.

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Praningrum et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895f41ca7ade938187dc67 https://doi.org/10.1108/apjba-01-2026-0066

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August 22, 2026Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration

Effects of calling and job engagement on job satisfaction: the double-edged moderating roles of organizational politics and organizational support

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Authors

PPPraningrum Praningrum FAFerry Tema Atmaja DNDelly Nofiani

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Overview

Cross-sectional survey reveals calling and engagement enhance job satisfaction among employees, highlighting how organizational politics and support uniquely moderate workplace outcomes.

Key Points

To investigate how an employee's perceived sense of calling directly and indirectly influences job satisfaction via job engagement, and to evaluate the moderating effects of organizational politics and support.
Conducted an online cross-sectional survey of 391 employees in Indonesia (N=391).
Analyzed structural relationships and moderation pathways using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) under a self-determination theory framework.
A perceived sense of calling was positively associated with job satisfaction, operating both directly and indirectly through job engagement.
Perceived organizational politics negatively moderated the positive association between a sense of calling and job engagement.
Perceived organizational support strengthened the positive relationship between job engagement and job satisfaction, but weakened the direct association between sense of calling and job satisfaction.

Cite This Study

Praningrum et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895f41ca7ade938187dc67 https://doi.org/10.1108/apjba-01-2026-0066

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