Organizational Behaviour Report
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Summary of the article:
The Article by Bakers, Tims and Derk (2012) evaluates the relationship between proactive
personalities and job crafting. The article hypothesizes that a proactive personality is positively
related to job crafting . The article also hypothesizes that proactive personality has a huge role at
work as Individuals who have a proactive personality are more engaged in their work and enjoy
job crafting (doing different kinds of jobs and having more autonomy). The article also assumes
that that proactive personality has a positive relationship with in-role performances. The main
point the article wants to evaluate is the effect of proactive personality in the workplace. The
article through its findings discovered that job crafting, proactive personalities and in role
performances were all linked. This article got me thinking about introverted personalities or
people who just speak up less, are they less efficient? Are they less engaged in their work?
Question Raised:
Does job crafting predict job satisfaction better?
The article somewhat hints that job crafting could predict job satisfaction better. If an employee
is more willing to improve their current ways of doing things and wants to become better at their
job it could suggest that they are more likely to achieve job satisfaction. If an employee is putting
in more than the minimum amount of effort required this could suggest that they are more
engaged and want to achieve better results. This claim can be looked at using two articles, firstly
(Creed, Hood, Hu 2019) is an article who studies and evaluates the job crafting among working
students. The article consists of a diagram that studies characteristics such as ‘autonomy’ and
‘motivation’ (Creed, Hood, Hu 2019) and their link to working students. The article comes to the
conclusion that students who actively try to improve their work environment and try to work
more efficiently find it easier to manage having a job alongside their study. Desire to improve job
crafting skills can suggest that certain individuals would be better suited doing extra work
outside their study. Secondly, an article by Hooff (2016) looks directly at the relationship
between job crafting and job performance. The article is formulated by an online survey
conducted by 115 employees regarding HRD activities. Through this survey the article concludes
that there is a positive relationship between job crafting and job engagement. This again shows
that job crafting has a positive effect on job satisfaction.
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, Article 1: Questions 1 -
Summary of the article:
The Article by Bakers, Tims and Derk (2012) evaluates the relationship between proactive
personalities and job crafting. The article hypothesizes that a proactive personality is positively
related to job crafting . The article also hypothesizes that proactive personality has a huge role at
work as Individuals who have a proactive personality are more engaged in their work and enjoy
job crafting (doing different kinds of jobs and having more autonomy). The article also assumes
that that proactive personality has a positive relationship with in-role performances. The main
point the article wants to evaluate is the effect of proactive personality in the workplace. The
article through its findings discovered that job crafting, proactive personalities and in role
performances were all linked. This article got me thinking about introverted personalities or
people who just speak up less, are they less efficient? Are they less engaged in their work?
Question Raised:
Does job crafting predict job satisfaction better?
The article somewhat hints that job crafting could predict job satisfaction better. If an employee
is more willing to improve their current ways of doing things and wants to become better at their
job it could suggest that they are more likely to achieve job satisfaction. If an employee is putting
in more than the minimum amount of effort required this could suggest that they are more
engaged and want to achieve better results. This claim can be looked at using two articles, firstly
(Creed, Hood, Hu 2019) is an article who studies and evaluates the job crafting among working
students. The article consists of a diagram that studies characteristics such as ‘autonomy’ and
‘motivation’ (Creed, Hood, Hu 2019) and their link to working students. The article comes to the
conclusion that students who actively try to improve their work environment and try to work
more efficiently find it easier to manage having a job alongside their study. Desire to improve job
crafting skills can suggest that certain individuals would be better suited doing extra work
outside their study. Secondly, an article by Hooff (2016) looks directly at the relationship
between job crafting and job performance. The article is formulated by an online survey
conducted by 115 employees regarding HRD activities. Through this survey the article concludes
that there is a positive relationship between job crafting and job engagement. This again shows
that job crafting has a positive effect on job satisfaction.
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