scholarly journals How coworkers attribute, react to, and shape job crafting

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Tims ◽  
Sharon K. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Job Design ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Considerable Research ◽  
Prosocial Motive ◽  
The Way

Job crafting, or proactive changes that individuals make in their job design, can influence and be influenced by coworkers. Although considerable research has emerged on this topic, overall, the way job crafting is responded to by coworkers has received little theoretical attention. The goal of this article is to develop a model that allows for a better understanding of job crafting in interdependent contexts. Drawing on attribution and social information theories, we propose that when job crafting has a negative or positive impact on coworkers, coworkers will make an attribution about the crafter’s prosocial motive. This attribution in turn influences whether coworkers respond in an antagonistic or a supportive way toward job crafters. Ultimately, coworkers’ reactions shape the experienced affective work outcomes of job crafters. We also theorize the factors that moderate coworkers’ reactions to job crafting behaviors and the job crafter’s susceptibility to coworker influence.

scholarly journals Job crafting: Towards a new model of individual job redesign

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Tims ◽  
Arnold B. Bakker
Keyword(s):  
Design Theory ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Job Design ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Proactive Behaviour ◽  
Job Redesign ◽  
The Individual

Orientation: For a long time, employees have been viewed as passive performers of their assigned job tasks. Recently, several scholars have argued that job design theory needs to address the influence of employees on their job designs.Research purpose: The purpose of the study was to fit job crafting in job design theory.Motivation for the study: The study was an attempt to shed more light on the types of proactive behaviours of individual employees at work. Moreover, we explored the concept of job crafting and its antecedents and consequences.Research design, approach and method: A literature study was conducted in which the focus was first on proactive behaviour of the employee and then on job crafting.Main findings: Job crafting can be seen as a specific form of proactive behaviour in which the employee initiates changes in the level of job demands and job resources. Job crafting may be facilitated by job and individual characteristics and may enable employees to fit their jobs to their personal knowledge, skills and abilities on the one hand and to their preferences and needs on the other hand.Practical/managerial implications: Job crafting may be a good way for employees to improve their work motivation and other positive work outcomes. Employees could be encouraged to exert more influence on their job characteristics.Contribution/value-add: This article describes a relatively new perspective on active job redesign by the individual, called job crafting, which has important implications for job design theories.

Work Outcomes of Job Crafting Among the Different Ranks of Project Teams

2020 ◽  
pp. 875697282095881
Author(s):  
Rafał Haffer ◽  
Joanna Haffer ◽  
Donna Lynne Morrow
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Job Design ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Work Meaningfulness ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the effects of job crafting on the work meaningfulness and work engagement of project participants of different ranks. Although previous research has shown that job crafting affects employees’ work outcomes, this topic is under-researched in project management settings. Our findings indicate that work meaningfulness partially mediates the relationship between job crafting and work engagement in the case of project team members and fully mediates it in the case of project managers. They suggest the necessity to apply different means to influence productive project behaviors of the two groups studied. These may include, in particular, changing the approach to job design of project team members and focusing on team job crafting work to build more opportunities to job craft.

scholarly journals The Influence of the Developed Specific Multi-Paradigm Programming in Digital Logic Education

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1255
Author(s):  
Lukas Hapl ◽  
Hashim Habiballa
Keyword(s):  
Programming Languages ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Digital Logic ◽  
School Students ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Preliminary Research ◽  
Logic Training ◽  
Interdisciplinary Relationships ◽  
Programming Paradigms ◽  
The Way

This article introduces the possible usage of the developed programming discourse that can be used to support training in the digital logic area. The discourse merges several programming paradigms into one solution. The intended learners are secondary school students focused on digital system programming. The main intent is to find out whether digital logic curriculum based on Digital Circuits Based Logical Programming (DCBLP) inheritance has positive impact on the students and the way they explore the digital logic itself. Students’ cognitive and affective areas are in the scope of this preliminary research and questionnaires and cognitive tests will help to support the research. Experimental and control groups were used to gather relevant records. To analyse and support the interpretation of the data gathered by questionnaires, the chi-square test (two-tailed) has been used. ANOVA has been used to evaluate data for the achievement test results. The preliminary research revealed there is a possibility of using developed programming discourse DCBLP in digital logic training. Students claim overall usefulness of the discourse in the training; the strong motivation power of the programming discourse itself has not been discovered. From the test we conclude that the performance of the students trained using new programming discourse is significantly better. It is possible to use more different programming paradigms, such as imperative and declarative, in one solution to support training in the area of digital logic. Such solutions can enhance the way the students deal with the programming languages and also supports interdisciplinary relationships.

Job crafting, workplace civility and work outcomes: the mediating role of work engagement

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anuj Gupta ◽  
Pankaj Singh
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Intention To Quit ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
General Life Satisfaction ◽  
Workplace Civility

Purpose The antecedents and consequences of work engagement have been extensively discussed and analyzed in the previous literature; however, identifying cost-effective measures that can sustain work engagement to boost work outcomes has received sparse attention in the Indian information technology (IT) context. This study aims to provide new insights concerning the associations of job crafting and workplace civility with work engagement and its corresponding outcomes, such as change perception, general life satisfaction and intention to quit. Design/methodology/approach Hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling on data obtained from 369 software developers in India using questionnaire surveys. Findings Results confirmed that work engagement partially mediated the association of job crafting and workplace civility with the perception of change and general life satisfaction. The negative associations of job crafting and workplace civility with the intention to quit were also partially mediated by work engagement. The findings can be used to inform human resources strategies to boost work engagement and subsequent work outcomes. Research limitations/implications The results of this empirical work will offer insights to managers who are looking for cost-effective interventions and behaviors aimed at increasing work engagement and, consequently, achieving effective work outcomes. Originality/value This study contributes by empirically testing the application of novel employee-driven practices in improving work engagement and work outcomes, particularly in the context of IT companies in India.

Academic mobility or the Russian style networking?

2021 ◽  
pp. 139-151
Author(s):  
E. I. Trubnikova
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Academic Collaboration ◽  
Academic Mobility ◽  
Scientific Schools ◽  
Social Interests ◽  
Academic Relations ◽  
Academic Rankings ◽  
The Way

Academic mobility facilitates interactions of different scientific schools and collectives, influences formation of academic relations and indirectly affects positions of universities in academic rankings. Mobility helps establish networks of professional contacts, and that might have a positive impact on the level of research, allowing efficient academic collaboration, access to results of different studies and collected data. Mobility is an important issue not only for universities, but also for researchers because their collaboration with the colleagues and participation in joint projects characterize them for other members of the academic community, and that increases the value of academic networking. However, the way of evolution of the institution of networking raises various questions about the objectivity of the recruiting process and advantages that some candidates get over their rivals. The purpose of this article is identification and analysis of those factors that force the institution of mobility in the Russian academic reality to work against general social interests and the interests of universities.

Applicability of Job Diagnostic Survey to Administrative Positions in University Physical Education and Sport

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirley Cleave
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Intercollegiate Athletics ◽  
Job Design ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Administrative Positions ◽  
Worker Attitudes ◽  
Considerable Research ◽  
Job Characteristics Model ◽  
Job Diagnostic Survey ◽  
The Relationship

Although administrators of physical education and sport programs have been the focus of considerable research, one area that has been neglected is the design of administrative positions and its influence on the levels of satisfaction and motivation experienced by administrators. This study was undertaken to address this deficiency. The relationship between job design and worker attitudes and behaviors has been examined in business and industry for many years and a number of models have been developed. The Job Characteristics Model of job design developed by Hackman and Oldham (1976, 1980) provided the theoretical framework for the study. The sample for the study consisted of administrators in physical education, intercollegiate athletics, and recreation/intramural programs in selected Canadian and American universities. The analyses showed significant differences between this sample and the general working population with respect to perceptions of job design and levels of satisfaction and motivation. Gender and nationality had minimal effect on the administrators' perceptions.

scholarly journals Raising standards in performance

2001 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Davis ◽  
Mark Pulman
Keyword(s):  
Instrumental Performance ◽  
Public Performance ◽  
Music Department ◽  
Curriculum Changes ◽  
The Past ◽  
Considerable Research ◽  
The Way

Over the past few years, instrumental performance has been subject to considerable research in this journal and elsewhere. A great deal of this research has concentrated on the practice strategies and individual lessons, which most students undertake in preparing as performers. Little has been done on raising standards of performance on a larger scale within the context of a large music department. This article describes the outcomes of a two-year programme undertaken with undergraduates at Barnsley College. It looks specifically at the scope for curriculum changes over that period and the way the various individual aspects of performance lessons are brought together through a weekly class which focuses on the demands of a public performance and the strategies required to prepare for that event.

scholarly journals How Are Techno-Stressors Associated with Mental Health and Work Outcomes? A Systematic Review of Occupational Exposure to Information and Communication Technologies within the Technostress Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8673
Author(s):  
Prem Borle ◽  
Kathrin Reichel ◽  
Fiona Niebuhr ◽  
Susanne Voelter-Mahlknecht
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Occupational Exposure ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Work Outcome ◽  
Information And Communication

The technostress model has introduced different factors to consider when assessing how information and communication technologies impact individuals in different work settings. This systematic review gathers evidence regarding associations between occupational exposure to technostress and health or work outcomes. In addition, we highlight typical methodological constraints of the technostress model. We conducted electronic literature searches in June 2020 (PubMed, PubMed Central, Web of Science, Scopus, PsycInfo, PsycArticles) and independently screened 321 articles. We report on 21 articles meeting eligibility criteria (working population, technostress exposure, health or work outcome, quantitative design). The most frequently examined techno-stressors, i.e., factors of technostress, were techno-overload and techno-invasion. Techno-stressors were consistently associated with adverse health and work outcomes, apart from a positive impact on work engagement. However, studies may be subject to considerable conceptual overlap between exposure and outcome measures. Future technostress research would benefit from reducing heterogeneity in technostress measures, assessing their external validity and focussing on specific techno-stressors.

scholarly journals Impact of Talent Management on Employees’ Work Outcomes

sjesr ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 405-415
Author(s):  
Muhammad Shafique ◽  
Dr. Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Talent Management ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Cross Sectional

The study focuses on empirically examining the relationship of talent management (TM) on employee performance and quit intention.  Further, by taking into account business strategy, the research also culls out the sequential mediation effect of talent management and employee engagement on employee work-related outcomes in the banking sector of Pakistan. Data were analyzed by employing Smart PLS (v.3.2.7) to empirically examine the conceptual model on 1095 talented employees, which were part and parcel of the Banking Sector of Pakistan. The core findings of the research paper are that the talent management practices have a positive impact upon the working of employees as well as quit intentions. Additionally, the study deduced that engagement at employees’ level might contribute partially as a mediation role in between employee work outcomes and talent management. The study employed cross-sectional one-time data collection, therefore its generalizability is suggested as limited with its scope. Human Resource personnel and OB practitioners can create a positive workplace culture in the organization by implementing talent management practices. The study makes value addition in the existing literature of talent management and explore new variable, which is affected by talent management.

scholarly journals Are managers also ‘crafting leaders’? The link between organizational rank, autonomy, and job crafting

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Anna Roczniewska ◽  
Malwina Puchalska-Kamińska
Keyword(s):  
Job Demands ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Job Resources ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

Abstract Although research has examined the role leaders may play in shaping job re-design behaviors among their subordinates, little is known about the way managers craft their jobs as compared to other employees. In two crosssectional studies we tested whether organizational rank affects the frequency of job crafting (H1), and to what extent this relationship is mediated via perceived autonomy (H2). Study 1 (N = 267) demonstrated that managers craft their jobs more frequently than non-managers by increasing structural job resources and seeking challenges at work. We also showed that autonomy explains the relationship between organizational rank and the frequency of increasing structural and social job demands, as well as seeking challenges. However, managers did not craft their jobs by decreasing job demands more often than regular employees. In Study 2 (N = 262) we replicated this pattern of results, subsequently demonstrating that managers with shorter tenure use their autonomy to craft their jobs via decreasing job demands. We discuss the contributions and potential implications of these results.

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