Interest Incongruence and Job Performance: Examining the Moderating Roles of Job Crafting and Positive Affect

2021 ◽  
pp. 106907272110344
Author(s):  
Junyi Li ◽  
Hui Yang ◽  
Qingxiong Weng ◽  
Wenyang Gao
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Appraisal Theory ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Broaden And Build Theory ◽  
Performance Examining ◽  
Trait Affectivity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Detrimental Impact

Interest incongruence between employees and work environments has been considered as an adverse working condition; however, the way employees cope with it has rarely been explored. Using the conservation of resources theory, the appraisal theory, and the broaden-and-build theory, this study aims to investigate the moderating roles of job crafting and trait positive affect, separately and interactively, in the relationship between interest incongruence and job performance. Data collected from 384 Chinese employees and their colleagues across two time periods supported our hypotheses. Specifically, findings indicated that the relationship between interest incongruence and job performance was weakened when employees were more engaged in job crafting, or for employees with high positive affect. More importantly, a three-way interaction suggested that the detrimental impact of interest incongruence on job performance was especially mitigated when both job crafting and positive affect were high. Future studies should consider the combined roles of employees’ proactive behaviors and trait affectivity in improving job performance.

scholarly journals Is job insecurity always bad? The moderating role of job embeddedness in the relationship between job insecurity and job performance

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanshan Qian ◽  
Qinghong Yuan ◽  
Wanjie Niu ◽  
Zhaoyan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Job Embeddedness ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Considering the mixed results of the relationship between job insecurity and job performance, this study investigated the interaction effect of job insecurity and job embeddedness on job performance and examined the mediating role of affective commitment from the perspectives of conservation of resources theory and social exchange theory. A survey of 725 contract employees from two Chinese private manufacturing companies revealed that when employees had high levels of job embeddedness, job insecurity was significantly and positively related to job performance. In contrast, job insecurity was significantly and negatively related to job performance when there were low levels of job embeddedness. Furthermore, the results indicated that affective commitment mediated the interaction effect. The above conclusions not only illustrate the important role of job embeddedness in the relationship between job insecurity and job performance but also provide beneficial ideas and information to organisations and employees for managing job insecurity.

Who benefits from time-spatial job crafting? The role of boundary characteristics in the relationship between time-spatial job crafting, engagement and performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Jurgita Lazauskaite-Zabielske ◽  
Arunas Ziedelis ◽  
Ieva Urbanaviciute
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Arrangements ◽  
Boundary Characteristics ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Work And Life

PurposeUsing the theoretical framework of job demands-resources and boundary management, the purpose of this paper is to explore the moderating role of work and life boundary characteristics in the relationship between time-spatial job crafting, work engagement and job performance.Design/methodology/approachA total of 176 employees working in the IT sector and having an opportunity to use flexible work arrangements were surveyed online.FindingsWork and life boundary characteristics were found to moderate the relationship between time-spatial job crafting and work engagement as well as between time-spatial job crafting and job performance. Moreover, boundary characteristics moderated the indirect relationship between time-spatial job crafting and job performance through work engagement.Practical implicationsTime-spatial job crafting becomes a key strategy for maintaining work engagement and job performance, when work–life boundaries are less flexible and less permeable.Originality/valueThe study demonstrates that boundary characteristics determine the effects of time-spatial job crafting on work engagement and job performance.

The effect of personality on task performance and adaptive performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 607-630
Author(s):  
TaeYong Yoo ◽  
ChaeRyeong Lee
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Adaptive Performance ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Performance Task ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
The Relationship

The first purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of personality(extraversion, openness, conscientiousness) on job crafting. The second purpose was to examine the effects of job crafting on task performance and adaptive performance. The third purpose was to examine the mediating effects of job crafting on the relationship between personality(extraversion, openness, conscientiousness) and job performance(task performance, adaptive performance). The last purpose was to testify the moderating effect of the leader’s empowering behavior on the relationship between personality(extraversion, openness, conscientiousness) and job crafting. Data were collected from 167 employees who were working in a variety of organizations in Korea by the survey research method. Both task performance and adaptive performance were rated by others(peer or supervisor). The result of this study showed that the relationship between personality(openness, conscientiousness) and job crafting, and the relationship between job crafting and job performance(task performance, adaptive performance) were significantly positive. Also, the job crafting had full mediation effect on the relationship between personality(openness, conscientiousness) and job performance(task performance, adaptive performance). Leader’s empowering behavior had moderation effect on the relationship between conscientiousness and job crafting. That is, the positive relationship between conscientiousness and job crafting was stronger when leader’s empowering behavior was lower rather than higher. Based on these results, we discussed the implications and limitations of the study, and the suggestions for the future research.

Explaining supervisor–subordinate guanxi and subordinate performance through a conservation of resources lens

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (11) ◽  
pp. 1752-1775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Guan ◽  
Stephen J Frenkel
Keyword(s):  
Task Performance ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Job Resources ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
The Relationship

Relationships outside of work impact employee effectiveness at work. But how do we explain this? Our study focuses on the guanxi relationship in China. This is based on close personal ties between supervisors and subordinates initiated outside the workplace. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, we develop a model that explains how supervisor–subordinate guanxi constitutes a social resource that spills over into the workplace and impacts subordinates’ job resources (including autonomy, support and development at work), job crafting (proactive behaviors aimed at increasing resources and reducing demands) and job performance (task performance and organizational citizenship behavior). Our model was tested on a sample of 406 subordinates and their supervisors from seven manufacturing organizations in China. The results of a multilevel path analysis indicate that high-quality guanxi relations with supervisors facilitate subordinates’ job resources, job crafting behaviors and organizational citizenship behavior at work. In addition, job resources mediate the relationship between supervisor–subordinate guanxi and job crafting, and job crafting mediates the relationship between supervisor–subordinate guanxi and subordinate task performance and organizational citizenship behavior. Overall, our research highlights the importance of externally-generated guanxi between subordinates and supervisors and the mechanisms that contribute to improving employee performance in the workplace.

Enhancing knowledge sharing in high-tech firms

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 468-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chou-Kang Chiu ◽  
Chieh-Peng Lin ◽  
Yuan-Hui Tsai ◽  
Siew-Fong Teh
Keyword(s):  
Positive Affect ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Expectancy Theory ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Broaden And Build Theory ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the development of knowledge sharing from the perspectives of broaden-and-build theory and expectancy theory. Its research purpose is to understand how knowledge sharing is driven by such predictors as optimism, pessimism, and positive affect through their complex interactions with collectivism or power distance. In the proposed model of this study, knowledge sharing relates to optimism and pessimism via the partial mediation of positive affect. At the same time, the influence of optimism, pessimism, and positive affect on knowledge sharing are moderated by the national culture of collectivism and power distance, respectively. Design/methodology/approach This study’s hypotheses were empirically tested using data from high-tech firms across Taiwan and Malaysia. Of the 550 questionnaires provided to the research participants, 397 usable questionnaires were collected (total response rate of 72.18 percent), with 237 usable questionnaires from Taiwanese employees and 160 usable questionnaires from Malaysian employees. The data from Taiwan and Malaysia were pooled and analyzed using: confirmatory factor analysis for verifying data validity, independent sample t-tests for verifying the consistency with previous literature regarding cultural differences, and hierarchical regression analysis for testing relational and moderating effects. Findings This study demonstrates the integrated application of the broaden-and-build theory and expectancy theory for understanding optimism, pessimism, and positive affect in the development of knowledge sharing. The test results confirm that positive affect partially mediates the relationship between optimism and knowledge sharing and fully mediates the relationship between pessimism and knowledge sharing. Moreover, collectivism and power distance have significant moderating effects on most of the model paths between knowledge sharing and its predictors except for the relationship between pessimism and knowledge sharing. Originality/value This study extends the expectancy theory to justify how optimistic and pessimistic expectations are stable traits that dominate the way employees share their knowledge sharing. This study shows how collectivism and power distance of Hofstede’s cultural framework can be blended with the broaden-and-build theory and expectancy theory to jointly explain knowledge sharing. Besides, this study provides additional support to the adaptation theory of well-being that suggests psychosocial interventions, which manage to enhance well-being by leveraging positive affect, hold the promise of reducing stressful symptoms and boosting psychological resources among employees.

Exploring the Relationship Between Job Embeddedness and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooks C. Holtom ◽  
Tomoki Sekiguchi
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Job Embeddedness ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Relationship

As we developed the concept of job embeddedness, we were determined to create a construct that explained as comprehensively as possible the reasons why people stay in organizations. Later, scholars theorized and found that on-the-job embeddedness also increased the probability of organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) and better job performance. More recently, Kiazad and colleagues (2015) have argued that conservation of resources theory offers a parsimonious explanation for the growing nomological network around job embeddedness. Building on this work, we explore promising directions that may contribute to the theoretical enrichment of the job embeddedness–OCB relationship including the different motives of OCBs as mediators, the relationship between job embeddedness and different types of OCBs, a closer look at the causality between job embeddedness and OCBs, theoretical integration with the social network perspective, and factors interacting with job embeddedness in influencing OCBs.

scholarly journals Job Crafting as a Mediator between Work Engagement and Wellbeing Outcomes: A Time-Lagged Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 1376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Robledo ◽  
Salvatore Zappalà ◽  
Gabriela Topa
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Job Resources ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

This time-lagged study, using the framework of the JD-R model, tested the mediating role of job crafting measuring: at T1, work engagement, workaholism and emotional exhaustion; at T2, job crafting; and, at T3, flourishing, job performance and job satisfaction. Respondents were 443 Spanish employees working in different companies. Results show that job crafting mediates the relationship between work engagement and some of its outcomes (job performance and flourishing). In particular, the job crafting component ‘increasing structural job resources’ mediates the positive effect of work engagement on flourishing and job performance, and the job crafting component ‘increasing challenging demands’ mediates the positive effect of work engagement on job performance. No job crafting mediation is found between work engagement and job satisfaction.

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