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Can Job-Embedded Employees Be Satisfied? The Role of Job Crafting and Goal-Striving Orientations

Authors: Iris D. Zhang, Long W. Lam, Longzhu Dong, Julie N. Y. Zhu

Published in: Journal of Business and Psychology | Issue 3/2021

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This study investigates the effects of job embeddedness on employee job crafting and job satisfaction. Based on goal-striving orientations, we propose a moderated mediation model with job crafting as the mediator of the linkage between job embeddedness and job satisfaction, and with three goal-striving orientations (accomplishment striving, status striving, and communion striving) as the moderators. We tested our hypotheses using a two-phase survey, with data collected from 138 employees from various industries in southern China. The theoretical and practical implications of our findings are discussed.

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Title: Can Job-Embedded Employees Be Satisfied? The Role of Job Crafting and Goal-Striving Orientations
Authors: Iris D. Zhang
Long W. Lam
Longzhu Dong
Julie N. Y. Zhu
Publication date: 19-02-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Business and Psychology / Issue 3/2021
Print ISSN: 0889-3268
Electronic ISSN: 1573-353X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-020-09684-6

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