The social consequences of job crafting: An examination of crafting type on emotional and behavioral reactions of co-worker
View Emonet XII Paper Presentation “The social consequences of job crafting: An examination of crafting type on emotional and behavioral reactions of co-worker” by Chen & Yang (2020) now.
Live Paper Discussion Session Time: Wednesday, 8th July 2020, UTC 06:00
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Authors:
Zhijun Chen, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China
Feifan Yang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China
Abstract:
This paper explores the impact of approach and avoidance job crafting on the cognitive, emotional and subsequent behavioral reactions of co-workers. Across an experiment, we find that approach job crafting is positively and indirectly related to peers’ altruism via admiration, and that this relationship is conditional on the gender of the reactor. Specifically, employees who engaged in approach crafting activities earned more admiration from female co-workers than male co-workers. We also find that avoidance job crafting is positively and indirectly related to co-worker ostracism via malicious envy. This work extends our understanding of the outcomes of job crafting by examining how it influences one’s cognitive process and emotional process of social comparison, and ultimately whether the crafter received exclusion or help from co-workers. In addition, we add to the knowledge of workplace ostracism and altruism by suggesting that initiating job crafting in a group may not be enough to trigger peers’ behavioral responses, it depends on how you craft and who perceive it.
Contact:
Zhijun Chen, chen.zhijun@mail.shufe.edu.cn
Feifan Yang, feifan159@outlook.com