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The Effect of the Congruence between Job Characteristics and Personality on Job Crafting

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  • Mihee Kim

    (Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, Seoul 02455, Korea)

  • Seung Ik Baek

    (School of Business, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea)

  • Yuhyung Shin

    (School of Business, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea)

Abstract

This study examined the effect of the fit between personality (i.e., openness to experience) and core job characteristics (i.e., skill variety, task significance, and task identity) on job crafting. We collected survey data from 200 college students who were assigned a team project during the semester. Using polynomial regression analysis, we tested the effects of the fit between personality and job characteristics on job crafting. The results revealed that a high level of openness to experience was significantly associated with a high level of job crafting (i.e., task, relational, and cognitive crafting). Furthermore, when both openness to experience and job characteristics were congruent at a high level, the tendency to proactively perform one’s tasks was also high. These findings enhance our understanding of the effect of the fit between openness to experience and three core job characteristics on job crafting.

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  • Mihee Kim & Seung Ik Baek & Yuhyung Shin, 2019. "The Effect of the Congruence between Job Characteristics and Personality on Job Crafting," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(1), pages 1-20, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2019:i:1:p:52-:d:299925
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    1. Wenqing Tian & Huatian Wang & Sonja Rispens, 2021. "How and When Job Crafting Relates to Employee Creativity: The Important Roles of Work Engagement and Perceived Work Group Status Diversity," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(1), pages 1-17, January.

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