LIME Department, Karolinska Istitutet, Stokholm, Sweden.
SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Sopot Campus, Sopot, Poland.
BMC Psychol. 2023 Apr 4;11(1):98. doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01135-0.
In social contexts, people may view themselves as agents, who are in control of the environment, or recipients, who succumb to what others have decided. Here, we investigated how these perspectives determine job crafting (JC)-self-initiated employee behaviors targeted at altering job characteristics to fit them with one's needs.
Study 1 tested the relationships between chronic agent-recipient tendencies and JC in a cross-lagged panel design. Study 2 was a randomized experiment where agent-recipient perspectives were manipulated to predict JC intentions in the week to follow.
Supporting our predictions, while agents sought structural job resources and increased challenging demands, recipients resorted to reducing hindering demands (Study 1). Study 2 revealed that activating an agent perspective led to stronger intentions to increase structural job resources and challenging demands.
We conclude that agent and recipient perspectives are linked with differential patterns of JC behaviors. Strengthening agency is a vital step in forming job redesign goals during JC interventions.
在社交环境中，人们可能将自己视为掌控环境的主体，或者是屈服于他人决定的接受者。在这里，我们研究了这些视角如何决定工作重塑（JC）——员工主动改变工作特征以适应自身需求的行为。
研究 1 在交叉滞后面板设计中测试了慢性主体-接受者倾向与 JC 之间的关系。研究 2 是一项随机实验，其中主体-接受者的视角被操纵，以预测接下来一周的 JC 意图。
支持我们的预测，主体寻求结构性工作资源和增加挑战性需求，而接受者则减少阻碍性需求（研究 1）。研究 2 表明，激活主体视角会导致增强增加结构性工作资源和挑战性需求的意图。
我们得出结论，主体和接受者的视角与不同的 JC 行为模式相关。增强代理意识是 JC 干预过程中形成工作再设计目标的重要步骤。
