scholarly journals The effect of work engagement on the relationship between job resources and job crafting

Author(s):  
Reyhan Bilgic ◽  
Bengi Turer ◽  
Deniz Çelik
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedikt Alexander Schuler ◽  
Carmen Binnewies ◽  
Paul - Christian Bürkner

Although much research on the relationship between job crafting, work engagement, and performance has been conducted, mainly building on the job demands-resources (JD-R) model, it is still unclear whether work engagement mediates the relationship between the job crafting dimensions and performance as assumed by the JD-R model. To test this we statistically integrated 44 primary studies via random effects meta-analysis and examined the assumed mediation through work engagement via meta-analytic structural equation modelling. Moreover, we conducted exploratory moderator analyses to identify systematic variations in the relationships under study. Results showed that increasing structural and social job resources, as well as increasing challenging job demands were positively related to work engagement and performance, whereas decreasing hindering job demands was negatively related to work engagement and unrelated to performance. The relationships between job crafting practices and performance were mediated by work engagement to various extents. Exploratory moderator analyses demonstrated that the employees’ culture (individualistic vs. collectivistic) consistently moderated the relationships under study.


Author(s):  
Enrique Robledo ◽  
Salvatore Zappalà ◽  
Gabriela Topa

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.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Grosze Nipper ◽  
Jessica van Wingerden ◽  
Rob Poell

The importance of work engagement for organizational success in a rapidly changing economy has been emphasized in literature for several decades. A possible strategy for organizations to strengthen employees’ work engagement may be related to their professional development. Based on the job crafting and job demands-resources literatures, we hypothesize that perceived opportunities for professional development have a positive relationship with work engagement and that this relationship is partially mediated by employees’ job crafting behavior. To test the hypothesized relationships, we conducted a bootstrapping analysis using a sample of 859 employees working in various sectors and organizations in The Netherlands. The outcomes revealed that job crafting partially mediated the relationship between perceived opportunities for professional development and employees’ work engagement. More specifically, two job crafting strategies were the strongest mediators in the relationship between perceived opportunities for professional development and work engagement, namely increasing structural job resources and increasing challenging job demands. Theoretical contributions, limitations, suggestions for future research and practical implications are discussed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Jessica Van Wingerden ◽  
Rob Poell

The present study was designed to gain knowledge about the relationship between job characteristics in the workplace (job demands and job resources), employees’ perceived opportunities to craft, and subsequently their actual job crafting behavior. Specifically, the potential mediating role of perceived opportunities to craft could shed better light on the mechanisms that lead employees to job craft in the context of particular work characteristics. We collected data among a group of Dutch health care professionals working in an organization that offers care for patient with mental disabilities (N=522). Participants of the study reported their job demands; workload, emotional demands and work-home interference, their job resources; role clarity, communication and team cohesion, their perceived opportunities to craft, and their job crafting behavior. We tested the hypothesized antecedents of job crafting perceptions and behavior model with structural equation modelling (SEM) analyses. Results indicated that perceived opportunities to craft mediates the relationship between job resources and employees actual job crafting behavior. The insights provided in this study do not only build on job crafting literature but are also helpful to understand which aspects of the workplace influence employees’ job crafting behavior. Therefore, these insights may be useful for the deliberate cultivation of job crafting behavior within organizations.


Author(s):  
Akbar Dirgantara Putra ◽  
Marynta Putri Pratama

Penelitian ini dilakukan berdasarkan fenomena dan didukung artikel jurnal yang ada, sehingga peneliti tertarik melakukan penelitian tentang peran mediasi person-job fit dan job resources pada job crafting dan work engagement. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menganalisis dan menjelaskan pengaruh antara variabelindependen, variabel mediasi dan variabel dependen. Populasi penelitian ini yaitu karyawan PT. Semesta Pelita Harapan dengan sampel sebanyak 32 orang. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan adalah purposive sampling. Metode pengumpulan data dengan kuesioner, wawancara dan studi pustaka. Sikap responden diukur dengan skala likert 5 tingkatan dan data yang diperoleh diolah dengan SmartPLS (Partial Least Square))for windows versi 3.2.8. Analisis data menggunakan analisis deskriptif, dan analisis statistik (mediasi). Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa job resources berperan sebagai pemediasi penuh (full mediation) antara hubungan job crafting dengan work engagement. Begitupula dengan variabel person-job fit juga memiliki peran pemediasi penuh antara hubungan job crafting dengan work engagement.


2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Anna Roczniewska ◽  
Malwina Puchalska-Kamińska

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.


2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 1218-1238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Ning ◽  
Albi Alikaj

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the moderating role of employee age in the relationship between work engagement and several job resources.Design/methodology/approachThe study used questionnaire-based surveys completed by 804 employees from firms located in West China. The data were then analyzed by conducting latent moderated structural equation modeling.FindingsThe results of the study show that certain job resources (autonomy, recognition, colleague support, participation, job security and flexible work arrangements) are more effective for older employees in promoting work engagement, while other resources (job feedback, opportunities for development, skill variety and internal promotion) are more tailored toward younger employees.Research limitations/implicationsThe results suggest that job resources are not equally effective in affecting employee work engagement. Therefore, future studies should adopt a dynamic lifespan perspective when studying the relationship between job resources and work engagement.Practical implicationsThe current study indicates that to increase younger employees’ work engagement, organizations need to rely more on development-oriented job resources, and to increase older employees’ work engagement, they need to focus more on maintenance-oriented resources.Originality/valueThe literature on work engagement has assumed that the strength of the relationship between job resources and work engagement is uniform among employees at all ages. This study refers to two life-span theories from the development psychology literature to explain that there are age-related differences in the effect of job resources on employee work engagement.


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