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Job crafting among health care professionals: The role of work engagement
Author(s) -
Bakker Arnold B.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of nursing management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2834
pISSN - 0966-0429
DOI - 10.1111/jonm.12551
Subject(s) - work engagement , psychology , job design , work (physics) , psychological intervention , health care , job performance , job attitude , applied psychology , test (biology) , job analysis , nursing , job satisfaction , social psychology , medicine , political science , mechanical engineering , paleontology , psychiatry , law , engineering , biology
Aim The aim of this study was to examine the impact of job crafting on the quality of the work environment of health care professionals. Background Job crafting refers to proactive behavior aimed at optimizing the fit between person and job. Using job demands‐resources theory, we hypothesized that job crafting would be positively related to job resources and person‐organisation fit, and negatively to hindrance demands. Furthermore, we hypothesized that these relationships would be qualified by work engagement. Methods A total of 5,272 health care professionals from one of 35 different organisations filled out an electronic questionnaire (response is 55%). Regression analyses were used to test hypotheses. Results Consistent with hypotheses, job crafting in the form of increasing job resources was positively related to opportunities for development, performance feedback and P‐O fit; and negatively related to hindrance job demands – particularly when work engagement was high. Conclusions The combination of job crafting and work engagement is important for the realization of a resourceful work environment and fit between person and organisation. Implications for nursing management Interventions aimed at fostering job crafting should be tailored to the motivation of health care professionals.