# The influence of career calling on the work engagement of ideological and political theory teachers in colleges and universities: the chain mediating effect of organizational commitment and job satisfaction

## TL;DR

This study examines how a sense of calling influences work engagement among political theory teachers, mediated by commitment and job satisfaction.

## Contribution

The paper introduces a chain mediation model linking career calling to work engagement through organizational commitment and job satisfaction.

## Key findings

- Career calling directly and significantly affects work engagement among teachers.
- Organizational commitment and job satisfaction mediate the relationship between calling and engagement.
- A chain mediation effect of organizational commitment and job satisfaction is confirmed.

## Abstract

To explore the specific influence mechanism of career calling on the work engagement of ideological and political theory teachers in colleges and universities, based on Self-Determination Theory, Social Exchange Theory, Social Information Processing Model and previous relevant empirical research, this paper constructs a path model of organizational commitment and job satisfaction playing a mediating role between the teachers’ calling and work engagement. The analysis results of 1,428 survey data show that the teachers’ calling can not only directly and significantly affect their work engagement, but also indirectly and significantly affect their work engagement through the separate mediating role of organizational commitment and job satisfaction and the chain mediating role of the two. Based on these findings, several recommendations are provided to improve the work engagement level of ideological and political theory teachers in colleges and universities, including value guidance, organization reengineering, power activation and dynamic regulation.