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How Can Job Crafting Be Reproduced? Examining the Trickle-Down Effect of Job Crafting from Leaders to Employees.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jan 31; 17(3)IJ

Abstract

This study seeks to examine how and when job crafting trickles down from leaders to followers in a team context. Drawing on social learning theory, we hypothesize that team leaders' job resources mediate the relationship between team leaders' job crafting and team members' job crafting. Empowering leadership is proposed to strengthen the mediation effect, such that under a stronger (higher) empowering leadership style the relationship between team leaders' job resources and team members' job crafting is further strengthened, thereby positively influencing the overall mediated relationship. We tested our multilevel moderated mediation model with leader-subordinate paired data from 64 work teams in seven Chinese enterprises over two time periods. The results support our hypothesized mediated relationship; however, contrary to our prediction, we find that empowering leadership negatively moderates the relationship between team leaders' job resources and team members' job crafting, and weakens the mediation effect of team leaders' job resources. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Business School, Southwest University of Political Science & Law, Chongqing 401120, China.School of Public Affairs, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China. Department of Management and Organization, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China.Department of Management and Organization, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Department of Management and Organization, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

32023957

Citation

Xin, Xun, et al. "How Can Job Crafting Be Reproduced? Examining the Trickle-Down Effect of Job Crafting From Leaders to Employees." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 17, no. 3, 2020.
Xin X, Cai W, Zhou W, et al. How Can Job Crafting Be Reproduced? Examining the Trickle-Down Effect of Job Crafting from Leaders to Employees. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17(3).
Xin, X., Cai, W., Zhou, W., Baroudi, S. E., & Khapova, S. N. (2020). How Can Job Crafting Be Reproduced? Examining the Trickle-Down Effect of Job Crafting from Leaders to Employees. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17030894
Xin X, et al. How Can Job Crafting Be Reproduced? Examining the Trickle-Down Effect of Job Crafting From Leaders to Employees. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jan 31;17(3) PubMed PMID: 32023957.
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TY - JOUR T1 - How Can Job Crafting Be Reproduced? Examining the Trickle-Down Effect of Job Crafting from Leaders to Employees. AU - Xin,Xun, AU - Cai,Wenjing, AU - Zhou,Wenxia, AU - Baroudi,Sabrine El, AU - Khapova,Svetlana N, Y1 - 2020/01/31/ PY - 2019/12/26/received PY - 2020/1/16/revised PY - 2020/1/24/accepted PY - 2020/2/7/entrez PY - 2020/2/7/pubmed PY - 2020/9/29/medline KW - empowering leadership KW - job crafting KW - job resources KW - leader-subordinate KW - trickle-down effect JF - International journal of environmental research and public health JO - Int J Environ Res Public Health VL - 17 IS - 3 N2 - This study seeks to examine how and when job crafting trickles down from leaders to followers in a team context. Drawing on social learning theory, we hypothesize that team leaders' job resources mediate the relationship between team leaders' job crafting and team members' job crafting. Empowering leadership is proposed to strengthen the mediation effect, such that under a stronger (higher) empowering leadership style the relationship between team leaders' job resources and team members' job crafting is further strengthened, thereby positively influencing the overall mediated relationship. We tested our multilevel moderated mediation model with leader-subordinate paired data from 64 work teams in seven Chinese enterprises over two time periods. The results support our hypothesized mediated relationship; however, contrary to our prediction, we find that empowering leadership negatively moderates the relationship between team leaders' job resources and team members' job crafting, and weakens the mediation effect of team leaders' job resources. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. SN - 1660-4601 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/32023957/How_Can_Job_Crafting_Be_Reproduced_Examining_the_Trickle_Down_Effect_of_Job_Crafting_from_Leaders_to_Employees_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -