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2019 (English)In: Employee relations, ISSN 0142-5455, E-ISSN 1758-7069, Vol. 41, no 3, p. 358-373Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the moderation effect of over-commitment in the job crafting–well-being relationship, in the elderly care sector in Spain.
Design/methodology/approach – A cross-sectional design was implemented and a final sample of 353 participants were assessed using the Job Crafting Questionnaire, an adaptation of the Over-commitment Scale from the Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire, and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12).
Findings – A positive interaction between relational and task crafting and over-commitment is observed in the prediction of well-being levels. Specifically, the effect of over-commitment in the task crafting–well-being relationship proved to be statistically significant when opposed to low, medium and high levels of over-commitment. Additionally, the effect of over-commitment in the relational crafting–well-being relationship proved to be statistically significant only when opposed to medium and high levels of over-commitment. Finally, a direct and simple effect was observed between cognitive crafting and well-being, not moderated by over-commitment.
Research limitations/implications – Implementation of non-behavioral measurements, and a non-longitudinal design are suggested. The development of behavioral measures for job crafting is encouraged, along with the implementation of longitudinal designs sensitive to changes in over-commitment. Possible over-commitment results are biased by an economically contracted environment.
Practical implications – Job crafting training, over-commitment early detection and further research on job crafting strategies’ preferences are suggested.
Originality/value – The moderating role of over-commitment in the job crafting–well-being relationship in the elderly care sector represents one of these attempts to better understand evidences of how work-related efforts modify a worker’s psychological functioning and adaptation, which is the reason why, specially in contexts of uncertainty, its study becomes relevant.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2019
Keywords
Well-being, Job crafting, Elderly care sector, Nursing home employees, Over-commitment
National Category
Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
Research subject
Psychology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-157155 (URN)10.1108/ER-04-2018-0117 (DOI)000462089200003 ()2-s2.0-85062876497 (Scopus ID)
2019-03-132019-03-132023-03-24Bibliographically approved