Career Calling, Life Orientation and Organizational Commitment among Military Officers

The present study attempts to present insights on the relationship between career calling, life orientation and organizational commitment among military officers. Data from 40 military concerns were collected. It was found that organizational commitment and life orientation are significantly and positively correlated with various domains of career calling and with each other. Life orientation and prosocial orientation presencea dimension of career calling have emerged as the best predictors of organizational commitment. Furthermore, life orientation partially mediates the relationship between prosocial orientation presence and organizational commitment. The significant association among three variables provides important insight at every stage for a military officer. Development of a sense of calling and engaging in work that aligns with this calling may be an important route to enhance organizational commitment among military officers. Furthermore, army personnel can be given counseling or psychosocial interventions to increase their optimism which will positively impact organizational commitment.