Linking job crafting and self-leadership to productivity: a moderated-mediation of personal initiative, person-job fit and person-organization fit
Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration
ISSN: 1757-4323
Article publication date: 7 January 2025
Abstract
Purpose
This study aimed to analyze the effect of job crafting and self-leadership on human capital productivity with the moderated-mediation effect of personal initiative as a mediator and person-job fit and person-organization fit as moderators.
Design/methodology/approach
An online two-wave survey targeted 253 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and social science graduates.
Findings
The research model was confirmed mainly in that personal initiative fully mediated the relationship between self-leadership, job crafting and perceived employee productivity. In addition, the moderated-mediation effect of the person-job fit on this relationship was partially confirmed, while that of the person-organization fit was not.
Originality/value
By interweaving the conservation of resources theory with the self-determination theory, this study’s results provide a novel theoretical justification for the dynamic process of human capital, personal resources and personal initiative as a type of intrinsic motivation. The variance between the effects of person-job fit and person-organization fit provides new insights regarding the changes in the work environment where individuals feel more connected to their careers and jobs than their organizations.
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Acknowledgements
This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
Citation
Kidron, A. and Rispler, C. (2025), "Linking job crafting and self-leadership to productivity: a moderated-mediation of personal initiative, person-job fit and person-organization fit", Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/APJBA-06-2024-0333
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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