Department

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dept. of Psychology

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

This project aims to examine the relationship between work as a calling, job crafting, and person-job fit. Work as a calling is the internal force that drives individuals toward a specific career, whereas job crafting is the active adjustments one makes to improve aspects of his or her work. Person-job fit is the perception that employees have concerning a match between oneself and the chosen career path. Despite the numerous beneficial outcomes that have been empirically supported over time, only job crafting has been investigated as a direct predictor of this fit. Even then, there seems to be little research dedicated to this matter. Additionally, there still remains questions concerning how work as a calling fits into this model. It is unknown whether perceiving a calling increases person-job fit independently or through the mediation of job crafting. In order to improve perceptions of person-job fit, understanding the antecedents should be just as crucial as studying what follows, if not more so. To further the knowledge of these relationships, this project will gather data from working professionals who will be recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk. The participants will complete a short survey involving work as a calling, job crafting, and person-job fit scales. They will be asked to respond through the use of a survey format administered online. The data will be analyzed by conducting a series of multiple regressions. The results of this study will further the research findings related to this topic, as well as support future attempts aimed at understanding ways in which person-job fit can be increased.

Date

October 2019

Subject

Industrial and organizational psychology

Document Type

posters

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Share

COinS
 
Oct 26th, 1:05 PM Oct 26th, 1:50 PM

Calling and Crafting in Cahoots

This project aims to examine the relationship between work as a calling, job crafting, and person-job fit. Work as a calling is the internal force that drives individuals toward a specific career, whereas job crafting is the active adjustments one makes to improve aspects of his or her work. Person-job fit is the perception that employees have concerning a match between oneself and the chosen career path. Despite the numerous beneficial outcomes that have been empirically supported over time, only job crafting has been investigated as a direct predictor of this fit. Even then, there seems to be little research dedicated to this matter. Additionally, there still remains questions concerning how work as a calling fits into this model. It is unknown whether perceiving a calling increases person-job fit independently or through the mediation of job crafting. In order to improve perceptions of person-job fit, understanding the antecedents should be just as crucial as studying what follows, if not more so. To further the knowledge of these relationships, this project will gather data from working professionals who will be recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk. The participants will complete a short survey involving work as a calling, job crafting, and person-job fit scales. They will be asked to respond through the use of a survey format administered online. The data will be analyzed by conducting a series of multiple regressions. The results of this study will further the research findings related to this topic, as well as support future attempts aimed at understanding ways in which person-job fit can be increased.