The Nature of Job Crafting: Positive and Negative Relations with Job Satisfaction and Work-Family Conflict

Margherita Zito, Lara Colombo, Laura Borgogni, Antonino Callea, Roberto Cenciotti, Emanuela Ingusci and Claudio Giovanni Cortese
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Margherita Zito: Department of Business, Law, Economics and Consumer Behaviour “Carlo A. Ricciardi”, Università IULM (International University of Languages and Media), 20143 Milan, Italy
Lara Colombo: Department of Psychology, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy
Laura Borgogni: Department of Psychology, La Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy
Antonino Callea: Department of Human Sciences, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta (LUMSA) University, 00193 Rome, Italy
Roberto Cenciotti: Department of Psychology, La Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy
Emanuela Ingusci: Department of History, Society and Human Studies, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Claudio Giovanni Cortese: Department of Psychology, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 7, 1-12

Abstract: This study investigated job crafting as mediator and its relation with job satisfaction and work-family conflict, considering job autonomy as antecedent. The research involved 389 participants working in a public organization. A structural equations model was estimated revealing that job autonomy is positively associated with job crafting and job satisfaction, and negatively associated with work-family conflict. Job crafting is positively related with job satisfaction and work-family conflict, as adverse effect of job crafting. As regards mediated effects, results show positive associations between job autonomy and both job satisfaction and work-family conflict through job crafting. This study contributes to literature, considering positive and negative outcomes, covering the lacking literature on job crafting and work-family conflict, and suggesting implications for employees’ well-being.

Keywords: job crafting; work-family conflict; job satisfaction; job autonomy; JD-R model; structural equations model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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