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Examining Job Complexity on Job Crafting Within Conservation of Resources Theory: A Dual-Path Mediation Model

This study examined the different ways in which job complexity influences employees’ job crafting. Specifically, we draw on conservation of resources (COR) theory to hypothesize that job complexity is positively related to approach crafting via work engagement (i.e., resource gain process). At the s...

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Autores principales: Bai, Jing Yi, Tian, Qing, Liu, Xia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8529054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34690891
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.737108
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description This study examined the different ways in which job complexity influences employees’ job crafting. Specifically, we draw on conservation of resources (COR) theory to hypothesize that job complexity is positively related to approach crafting via work engagement (i.e., resource gain process). At the same time, job complexity may also induce employees to engage in avoidance crafting (i.e., resource loss process) as employee energy resources are depleted. Our data consist of 251 employees working in Macau. We used structural equation modeling (SEM) in Mplus software to test the proposed hypotheses. Our findings confirm that job complexity has differential effects on approach and avoidance crafting through work engagement and energy depletion. These findings highlight the importance of costs and benefits of job complexity and the importance of resources in the employees’ job crafting process. We discuss the practical implications for modern organizations in which complex jobs are prevalent.
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spelling pubmed-85290542021-10-22 Examining Job Complexity on Job Crafting Within Conservation of Resources Theory: A Dual-Path Mediation Model Bai, Jing Yi Tian, Qing Liu, Xia Front Psychol Psychology This study examined the different ways in which job complexity influences employees’ job crafting. Specifically, we draw on conservation of resources (COR) theory to hypothesize that job complexity is positively related to approach crafting via work engagement (i.e., resource gain process). At the same time, job complexity may also induce employees to engage in avoidance crafting (i.e., resource loss process) as employee energy resources are depleted. Our data consist of 251 employees working in Macau. We used structural equation modeling (SEM) in Mplus software to test the proposed hypotheses. Our findings confirm that job complexity has differential effects on approach and avoidance crafting through work engagement and energy depletion. These findings highlight the importance of costs and benefits of job complexity and the importance of resources in the employees’ job crafting process. We discuss the practical implications for modern organizations in which complex jobs are prevalent. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8529054/ /pubmed/34690891 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.737108 Text en Copyright © 2021 Bai, Tian and Liu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Examining Job Complexity on Job Crafting Within Conservation of Resources Theory: A Dual-Path Mediation Model
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title_short Examining Job Complexity on Job Crafting Within Conservation of Resources Theory: A Dual-Path Mediation Model
title_sort examining job complexity on job crafting within conservation of resources theory: a dual-path mediation model
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8529054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34690891
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.737108
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