The unintended detrimental effects of pursuing a professional vocation: The case of veterinarians.

ABSTRACT: Pursuing one's life calling can be personally fulfilling and professionally rewarding, but it also requires sacrifice. We provide evidence of a strong vocational drive using veterinary students as a case study and find that they willingly contribute higher monetary donations for helping animals relative to students in other fields. We also find a significant reduction in the cognitive performance of veterinarian students when exposed to an animal-in-need manipulation. The performance of non-veterinary students in the cognitive task is unaffected by the manipulation. Our results highlight the need for programs to address the economic, financial, and mental health well-being of students and professionals to promote sustainable vocational career commitment. "You owe it to all of us to get on

SUBMITTER: Palma MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10171692 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature