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This research will explore the effect of career calling on the performance of employees in multinational corporations (MNEs) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with a focus on the mediating effects of employee's communicative competence and linguistic competence. A cross-sectional, quantitative research design was utilized by utilizing survey data gathered from 188 employees working in different MNEs in Saudi Arabia. Established scales from earlier literature were taken to attain measurement reliability and validity. PLS-SEM was utilized to analyze the data in order to measure measurement models as well as structural models with mediation and serial mediation paths. The findings indicated that career calling greatly and positively affects employee's communicative competence and linguistic competence, which further boost employee performance. Communicative competence was identified to be a strong mediator, while linguistic competence did not mediate independently but added through a serial mediation path. The model had good fit, explanatory power, and construct validity. This research makes a contribution to organizational behavior and human resource literature by foregrounding the psychological construct of career calling as an impetus for communication-related competencies and performance in globalized workplaces, providing both theoretical depth and practical insights for HR practitioners in MNEs.