The Mediating Role of Job Crafting in the Relationship between Career Adaptability and Work Engagement

The present study aimed to examine the mediating role of job crafting in the relationship between career adaptability and work engagement.

In this correlational study, a total of 282 individuals have randomly sampled among the employees of the Martyrs Department of Tehran Province in 2019. Data were collected using the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (Savicas, 2012), Job Crafting Questionnaire (JCQ; Slemp & Vella-Brodrick, 2013), and Utrecht work Engagement Scale (Schaufeli et al., 2002) and were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling.

The results showed that the direct effect of career adaptability on job crafting (β = 0.38, P<0.01), the direct effect of job crafting on work engagement (β= 0.45, P<0.01), and the direct effect of career adaptability on work engagement (P<0.01, β = 0.23) were significantly positive. Also, the results showed that the mediating role of job crafting in the relationship between career adaptability and work engagement was significant (β = 0.17, P<0.01).

it can be concluded that when companies create a space for employees, they can express their occupational adaptability at work through the design of their workplace, which is related to occupational commitment.