“I AM SATISFIED”: THE ROLE OF PRESENCE OF CALLING ON FORESTRY EMPLOYEES

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between calling and job satisfaction among forestry employees. Participants in this study were 130 permanent employees who had worked for at least one year. The age range of the participants is 24 to 55 years and have at least a high school education. The instruments used are the Calling and Vocation Questionnaire and the Job Satisfaction Survey and have high-reliability scores. Through the correlation analysis technique, we found that the presence of calling has a significant positive relationship with job satisfaction, and the search for calling has no relation with job satisfaction. Forestry employees who have found their calling will feel job satisfaction because they perceive their work as positive, purposeful, and beneficial for many people.