How Does Procedural Justice Affect Job Crafting? The Role of Organizational Psychological Ownership and...

Area of Science:

• Organizational Behavior
• Human Resource Management

Background:

• Enhancing enterprise adaptability is crucial in competitive markets.
• Job crafting is key for core competitiveness, but antecedents are understudied.
• Social exchange and equity theories provide a framework for understanding job crafting.

Purpose of the Study:

• To investigate the influence of procedural justice on job crafting.
• To examine the mediating role of organizational psychological ownership.
• To explore the moderating effect of high-performance work systems on the relationship between organizational psychological ownership and job crafting.

Main Methods:

• Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was used for analysis.
• Data collected from 76 companies and 1049 employees.
• Cross-level analysis examined the proposed relationships.

Main Results:

• Procedural justice positively impacts employee job crafting.
• Organizational psychological ownership mediates the link between procedural justice and job crafting.
• High-performance work systems positively moderate the relationship between organizational psychological ownership and job crafting.

Conclusions:

• Procedural justice is a significant driver of job crafting.
• Organizational psychological ownership acts as a key mediator.
• High-performance work systems amplify the positive effects, highlighting a novel pathway for enhancing job crafting and corporate management strategies.