Job crafting, flow, and job performance: A mediational analysis
SA Journal of Industrial Psychology
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Job crafting, flow, and job performance: A mediational analysis | |
| Creator | Makhubele, Boitumelo W. Peral, Sergio L. Hoole, Crystal Morgan, Brandon | |
| Description | Orientation: This study investigated the indirect effect of work-related flow on the relationship between job crafting and in-role job performance.Research purpose: To determine whether job crafting as a job redesign approach is helpful for employees’ experience of work and job performance.Motivation for the study: Most research has focused on the direct relationship between job crafting and performance or engagement as a mediator of this relationship. We propose work-related flow as an alternative explanation to engagement for the relationship between job crafting and performance.Research approach/design and method: We used a cross-sectional research design. A sample of South African working adults (n = 256) completed the Job Crafting Questionnaire, Work-Related Flow Inventory and Job Performance Scale. We used structural equation modelling to investigate the indirect relationship.Main findings: Work-related flow mediates the relationship between job crafting and performance. A negative relationship exists between job crafting and performance after controlling for work-related flow.Practical/managerial implications: The results suggest that job crafting increases work-related flow. Work-related flow, in turn, is related to improved job performance. Therefore, employees might consider implementing job crafting as an accessible strategy to improve their job performance.Contribution/value-add: This study supports our hypotheses that work-related flow mediates the relationship between job crafting and performance. Future research should investigate whether this indirect relationship adds incremental validity to work engagement. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2023-08-03 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajip.v49i0.1996 | |
| Source | SA Journal of Industrial Psychology; Vol 49 (2023); 6 pages 2071-0763 0258-5200 | |
| Language | eng | |
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