Job crafting, proactive personality and meaningful work : implications for employee engagement and turnover intention

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dc.contributor.authorVermooten, Nicolaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBoonzaier, Billyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKidd, Martinen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-05T12:21:09Z
dc.date.available2020-02-05T12:21:09Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionCITATION: Vermooten, N., Boonzaier, B. & Kidd, M. 2019. Job crafting, proactive personality and meaningful work : implications for employee engagement and turnover intention. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 45:a1567, doi:10.4102/sajip.v45i0.1567.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip
dc.descriptionPublication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund
dc.description.abstractOrientation : Jobs in the financial services industry are in constant flux because of the ever-changing nature of the products and services provided to customers. This could result in employee disengagement and turnover intention. Research purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the role of job crafting, proactive personality and meaningful work in predicting employee engagement and turnover intention among employees in the financial services industry based on the central tenets of the Job Demands-Resources theory. Motivation for the study: Organisations or incumbents may redesign jobs. The self-initiated proactive behaviour that incumbents exhibit to shape the meaning of their work is known as job crafting. The relationships that exist among job crafting, proactive personality, meaningful work, employee engagement and turnover intention were, therefore, investigated. Research design, approach and method: A quantitative cross-sectional survey design was used to gather primary data in service-providing firms across South Africa (n = 391). Main findings: Results demonstrated that job crafting, proactive personality and meaningful work significantly predict variance in employee engagement and turnover intention. Practical and managerial implications: Specific human resource practices and interventions are proffered to foster job crafting, proactivity and meaningful work and, in doing so, address employee disengagement and turnover intention. Contribution or value-add: The study highlights the importance of encouraging employees to craft their jobs as it has specific implications for prominent work-related outcomes, such as employee engagement and turnover intention, among employees in the financial services industry.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/1567
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent13 pages ; illustrations
dc.identifier.citationVermooten, N., Boonzaier, B. & Kidd, M. 2019. Job crafting, proactive personality and meaningful work : implications for employee engagement and turnover intention. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 45:a1567, doi:10.4102/sajip.v45i0.1567
dc.identifier.issn2071-0763 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0258-5200 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.4102/sajip.v45i0.1567
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/107437
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subjectPositive psychologyen_ZA
dc.subjectEmployee loyaltyen_ZA
dc.subjectLabor turnoveren_ZA
dc.subjectJob craftingen_ZA
dc.subjectPersonality and motivationen_ZA
dc.subjectFinancial services industry -- Labor productivityen_ZA
dc.titleJob crafting, proactive personality and meaningful work : implications for employee engagement and turnover intentionen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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