Impact of Increasing Social Resources on Work Engagement and Affective Organizational Commitment: The Mediating Role of Person–Job Fit

Mimi Moulik and V. N. Giri

Management and Labour Studies, 2022, vol. 47, issue 1, 59-73

Abstract: The association between job crafting and work engagement (WE) has not been much explored in the Indian context. To address this, the current study was undertaken on a group of knowledge workforce from Indian industries. Data were collected from 297 respondents that included junior-, mid- and senior-level employees. It was found that seeking social resources predicts WE as well as organizational commitment amongst the Indian knowledge workers via person–job fit. The study contributes to the literature by exploring the relationship between proactively seeking social resources that shape relationships at work and achieves WE, furthering organizational commitment. It helps reaffirm the independent nature of the job crafting dimension in a collectivistic society. Supervisors can cultivate proactive crafting in establishments to boost and promote an engaged workforce. Bearing in mind the inferences Human Resource Development (HRD) managers ought to make optimum use of human assets by nurturing constructive psychological states and leveraging individual proactivity at work. Limitations and future directions have been discussed.

Keywords: Job crafting; JD-R; India; person–job fit; work engagement; organizational commitment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/0258042X211026147

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