Linking Extending and Reducing Job Crafting to Meaningful Work: The Moderating Role of Personality

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 15957
Author(s):  
Xiaojun Li ◽  
Yoshiaki Takao
Keyword(s):  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Moderating Role

When the Job Does Not Fit: The Moderating Role of Job Crafting and Meaningful Work in the Relation Between Employees’ Perceived Overqualification and Job Boredom

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Israel Sánchez-Cardona ◽  
María Vera ◽  
Miguel Martínez-Lugo ◽  
Ramón Rodríguez-Montalbán ◽  
Jesús Marrero-Centeno
Keyword(s):  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Job Fit ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Perceived Overqualification ◽  
Moderating Role

Job boredom is a common experience at work; however, it has been neglected in research and practice compared to other well-being states. Based on the person-job fit theory, this article aims to examine the association between employees’ perceived overqualification and job boredom, analyzing potential moderators. In Study 1, we analyzed job crafting as a moderator using a sample of 832 employees from different organizations in Puerto Rico. Results supported the relation between employees’ perceived overqualification and job boredom but did not support the moderating effect of job crafting since only two dimensions (i.e., increasing structural resources and increasing challenging demands) significantly moderate this association in an opposite direction. In Study 2, we analyzed the moderating role of meaningful work with a sample of 394 employees. Results supported the moderating effect of meaningful work on the relation between employees’ perceived overqualification and job boredom. While job crafting dimensions of increasing structural resources and increasing challenging demands strengthen or have little effect on reducing the association between employees’ perceived overqualification and job boredom, meaningful work buffers this effect. These findings suggest that organizations must provide opportunities for employees to find meaning in their jobs. Additional research is needed to understand the role of job crafting to reduce job boredom.

Sensemaking at work: meaningful work experience for individuals and organizations

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozen Asik-Dizdar ◽  
Ayla Esen
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Organizational Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Environments ◽  
Sensemaking Theory ◽  
Multi Level

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to take a closer look at the concept of meaningful work experience for individuals and organizations, and discuss the role of sensemaking in creating it. Design/methodology/approach – The main argument of the paper is that sensemaking efforts are among the fundamental tools that help create meaningful work experience for both individuals and organizations. The paper offers a conceptual framework that presents the interplay between sensemaking tools and enabling mechanisms in relation to internal and external organizational environments. Findings – It is proposed that job crafting is a sensemaking tool – enabled by empowerment – for individuals to make sense of the internal environment of the organization; and strategy crafting is a sensemaking tool – enabled by organizational learning – for organizations to make sense of the external environment of the organization. Originality/value – This paper attempts to converge micro- and macro-level concepts by bringing together individual- and organizational-level variables into a joint discussion. It places job crafting and strategy crafting in the context of sensemaking theory, and it reinforces the idea of proposing models that will consider the multi-level implications of organizational research.

The Artisan and His Audience: Identification with Work and Price Setting in a Handicraft Cluster in Southern India

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 637-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aruna Ranganathan
Keyword(s):  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Price Setting ◽  
Point Of Sale ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Economic Decisions ◽  
Monetary Rewards ◽  
Economic Decision Making ◽  
Moderating Role

Using ethnographic, experimental, and survey data from a handicraft cluster in southern India, this paper reports on a study of when and why people who identify with their work might sacrifice financial rewards in their economic decisions. Based on findings from ethnographic fieldwork, I hypothesize that the monetary value that individuals who identify with their work seek for their output depends on their audience: when they encounter discerning audiences, who are knowledgeable about and appreciative of their work, they underemphasize financial gains; transactions with non-discerning audiences, however, result in a focus on monetary rewards. I propose that the mechanism underlying this behavior is product attachment: people who identify with their work develop affection for the output of their labor and prefer to transact with audiences who will take care of their products beyond the point of sale, even if doing so results in lower monetary rewards. I substantiate this theory with a field experiment by demonstrating that handicraft artisans in India who identify with their work sell their products at different prices to discerning and non-discerning groups of buyers. This paper contributes to our understanding of economic decision making in the context of meaningful work by highlighting the moderating role of audiences and uncovering the mechanism of product attachment.

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