78 Ducere Est Servire: THE LEADERSHIP JOURNAL OF DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY tionships between the presence of a calling, searching for a calling, and living a calling were also explored through multiple regression analysis. Additionally, statistical tests were run to examine the differences in pastors’ presence of calling, search for a calling, living a calling, and job satisfaction when grouped by age, current position tenure, and total career length. Results of the Study The data revealed that presence of a calling, search for a calling, and living a calling were all statistically significant predictors of job satisfaction; however, the effect size was small. Presence of calling (M = 9.22, SD = 1.17) had a positive relationship to job satisfaction and was high among pastors. Likewise, living a calling (M = 33.06, SD = 5.11) also had a positive relationship to job satisfaction and was high among pastors. Because search for a calling was revealed to have a negative relationship to job satisfaction, it was not surprising that the pastors indicated relatively low search for a calling (M = 2.82, SD = 1.74). These findings align with other studies where those who identify their work as a calling report greater job satisfaction.51 Presence of a calling had a positive relationship to living a calling, but search for a calling had a negative relationship to living a calling. The negative relationship between search for a calling and living a calling appears to follow the logic that a person will not report as highly on search for a calling if they feel they are already living out a calling. Likewise, a pastor who feels they are not living out their calling would be more likely to indicate a higher search for a calling. The data also indicated that presence of a calling was a more significant predictor of living a calling than search for a calling. These findings align with previous research that perceiving a calling was positively correlated with living a calling.52 The presence of a calling and living a calling were significant predictors of search for a calling. It was also revealed that presence of a calling was a more significant predictor of search for a calling than living a calling. Additionally, both variables indicated a negative relationship to search for a calling. The negative relationship follows a logical pattern that those with a calling will be less likely to be searching for another call-
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