Do Unnecessary Tasks Impair Performance Because They Harm Living a Calling? Testing a Mediation in a Three-Wave Study

This three-wave study explored whether living a calling (at work) mediated the relation between unnecessary tasks (time wasting work tasks) and socio-contextual performance at (cynicism, organizational citizenship behavior). Participants were 518 Finnish white- blue-collar employees, who followed up in 2018, 2019, 2020. The results of structural equation modeling showed that Time 1 related negatively to 2, which, turn, cynicism behavior T3. Thus, outcomes. We found no evidence for moderator role Unnecessary should be minimized organizations promote subsequent positive outcomes predicted by calling.