Job crafting and job engagement: The mediating role of person-job fit

The focus of job design has shifted from the manager-initiated approach to the employee-initiated approach. Although scholars and managers have recognized the pivotal role of job crafting in the job design domain, certain unknown questions remain. We fill this void by examining the relationships among job crafting, person-job fit, and job engagement. Data were gathered from full-time frontline hotel employees in Taiwan. The findings show that both individual crafting and collaborative crafting are related to job engagement. Person-job fit mediates such relationships. Individual crafting is a better predictor of job engagement than collaborative crafting. The implications for theoretical and managerial job crafting research are provided.