Job Crafting in Nursing: Mediation between Work Engagement and Job Performance in a Multisample Study

Area of Science:

• Organizational Psychology
• Nursing Management
• Occupational Health

Background:

• Nursing is a demanding profession, increasing the need for proactive coping mechanisms.
• Job crafting, a proactive behavior, may mediate the relationship between work engagement and job performance in nurses.

Purpose of the Study:

• To provide empirical evidence for job crafting in nursing.
• To examine the mediating role of job crafting between work engagement and job performance.
• To compare the effectiveness of different job crafting conceptualizations in the nursing context.

Main Methods:

• Three independent empirical studies were conducted with registered and practical nurses in Spanish hospitals.
• A total of 1505 nurses participated across the three studies (N = 699, N = 498, N = 308).
• The studies investigated job crafting, work engagement, and job performance.

Main Results:

• Nurses' job engagement and job-crafting behaviors significantly impact job performance.
• Engaged nurses demonstrate proactive job modification behaviors.
• The effectiveness of various job crafting behaviors differs, and not all are suitable for the nursing environment.

Conclusions:

• Work engagement influences job performance, with job crafting acting as a mediator.
• Not all job crafting behaviors are equally effective or appropriate for specific work environments like nursing.
• Findings support the Job Demands-Resources (JDR) model in the nursing context.