Who benefits from time-spatial job crafting? The role of boundary characteristics in the relationship between time-spatial job crafting, engagement and performance

Abstract

Purpose

Using the theoretical framework of job demands-resources and boundary management, the purpose of this paper is to explore the moderating role of work and life boundary characteristics in the relationship between time-spatial job crafting, work engagement and job performance.

Design/methodology/approach

A total of 176 employees working in the IT sector and having an opportunity to use flexible work arrangements were surveyed online.

Findings

Work and life boundary characteristics were found to moderate the relationship between time-spatial job crafting and work engagement as well as between time-spatial job crafting and job performance. Moreover, boundary characteristics moderated the indirect relationship between time-spatial job crafting and job performance through work engagement.

Practical implications

Time-spatial job crafting becomes a key strategy for maintaining work engagement and job performance, when work–life boundaries are less flexible and less permeable.

Originality/value

The study demonstrates that boundary characteristics determine the effects of time-spatial job crafting on work engagement and job performance.

Citation

Lazauskaite-Zabielske, J., Ziedelis, A. and Urbanaviciute, I. (2021), "Who benefits from time-spatial job crafting? The role of boundary characteristics in the relationship between time-spatial job crafting, engagement and performance", Baltic Journal of Management, Vol. 16 No. 1, pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/BJM-07-2020-0236