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How can organizations foster job crafting behaviors and thriving at work?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2020

Sari Mansour Open the ORCID record for Sari Mansour [Opens in a new window]  and
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
Sari Mansour*
Affiliation:
TÉLUQ, Université du Québec, 5800 rue St-Denis, bureau1105, Montréal, Québec, CanadaH2S 3L5
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
Affiliation:
TÉLUQ, Université du Québec, 5800 rue St-Denis, bureau1105, Montréal, Québec, CanadaH2S 3L5
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Author for correspondence: E-mail: sari.mansour@teluq.ca
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Abstract

This study investigates whether the perceived opportunity to craft (POC) is related to job crafting (JC) strategies and whether these strategies are related to thriving at work, in terms of both vitality and learning. It aims to verify the mediating role of JC between POC and thriving. Data were collected from 424 accounting professionals in Canada. The structural equation modeling based on bootstrap analysis was used to test mediation. The results indicate that POC is positively related to increasing structural and social resources and challenging job demands and negatively to decreasing hindering job demands. They reveal that increasing structural and social resources enhances learning and mediates the relation between POC and vitality and learning, as do challenging job demands, whereas decreasing hindering job demands does not. This study is one of the first to confirm that POC influences vitality and learning via JC behaviors as mediators.

Keywords

Job designorganizational behaviorstructural equation modelingwellbeing and psychosocial risk factors
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Research Article
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Journal of Management & Organization , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , July 2021 , pp. 768 - 785
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 2020

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Joint corresponding author.

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