| Résumé: | Leigang Zhang,1,2 Yuzhu Zhang1,3 1School of Psychology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 3Hohhot Vocational College, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yuzhu ZhangHohhot Vocational College, Provincial Highway 101, Saihan District, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 010051, People’s Republic of ChinaEmail nsdzyz@163.comPurpose: Given that extensive studies have documented the wide-ranging benefits of living a calling, determining whether and how living a calling can be improved is of great importance. Although recent research implies that a growth mindset about work may link to self-regulatory processes and living a calling, little research to date has directly examined the relationships between these variables. Building on Burnette’s SOMA model, this study was designed to examine the premise that a growth mindset about work was a predictor of living a calling and to explore the mediating role of self-regulation in the growth mindset about work—living a calling link.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among educational professionals in China. Data were collected from 608 primary and secondary school teachers on growth mindsets about work, self-regulation and living a calling. A structural equation model was used to test the hypothesis that self-regulation would mediate the relationship between a growth mindset about work and living a calling.Results: Consistent with our premise, a growth mindset about work was positively associated with living a calling. Also, a growth mindset about work was significantly associated with self-regulation strategies in terms of goal setting, perseverance, decision making, and learning from mistakes. As hypothesized, a growth mindset about work was related to higher levels of living a calling via goal setting, perseverance, and learning from mistakes.Conclusion: The findings contribute to the increasing breadth of the growth mindset literature across various contexts and its consequences for one’s living a calling, which expand the nomological web of correlates of growth mindset about work. Furthermore, these findings suggest that fostering a growth mindset about work may facilitate adaptive behaviors and, thereby, serve as a calling intervention.Keywords: growth mindset about work, self-regulation, living a calling, SOMA model
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