School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jun 3;17(11):3953. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17113953.
China's manufacturing employees are confronted with unprecedent occupational and innovation challenges caused by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis coupled with the pressure of being replaced by digital technologies. To gain a better understanding of the rising occupational uncertainty during this critical time, based on the job demands-resources (JD-R) theory, we examined the associations of employees' job crafting behaviors (JCB) with their occupational satisfaction and innovation workplace behavior (IWB), as well as the mediating effect of work engagement on the above relationships. The final usable data were obtained from the formal survey of 311 employees of six manufacturing companies that have returned to work amid COVID-19. Structural equation modelling was adopted to analyze the data. Results show that employees' JCB strengthens their occupational satisfaction and IWB via work engagement. Theoretically, our research enriches the existing body of knowledge about JCB from a cross-disciplinary angle integrating the perspectives of career and psychology. Practically, we offer valuable first-hand evidence about how manufacturing employees conducted JCB to re-orient their careers and to innovate in the face of the high unemployment situation.
中国制造业员工面临着前所未有的职业和创新挑战，这是由持续的 COVID-19 危机以及被数字技术取代的压力所带来的。为了更好地了解在这个关键时刻不断上升的职业不确定性，我们基于工作要求-资源（JD-R）理论，研究了员工的工作塑造行为（JCB）与职业满意度和创新工作场所行为（IWB）之间的关联，以及工作投入对上述关系的中介作用。最终的有效数据来自于 COVID-19 期间已复工的六家制造企业的 311 名正式员工的调查。采用结构方程模型对数据进行分析。结果表明，员工的 JCB 通过工作投入增强了他们的职业满意度和 IWB。从理论上讲，我们的研究从跨学科的角度丰富了关于 JCB 的现有知识体系，结合了职业和心理学的观点。从实践上讲，我们提供了有价值的第一手证据，说明制造业员工如何在高失业率的情况下通过 JCB 重新定位自己的职业并进行创新。
