The modern organizational environment emphasizes the need for members to take autonomous and proactive roles amidst rapidly changing market demands and technological innovations. This study aims to empirically analyze the effects of organizational soc...
The modern organizational environment emphasizes the need for members to take autonomous and proactive roles amidst rapidly changing market demands and technological innovations. This study aims to empirically analyze the effects of organizational socialization on employees’ job crafting behaviors and to examine the mediating role of job embeddedness in this relationship. The study investigates the influence of organizational socialization dimensions, including task proficiency, organizational goals and value recognition, and coworker relations, on the sub-dimensions of job crafting, namely task crafting and cognitive crafting, while analyzing the mediating role of job embeddedness (links) in these relationships.
The analysis was conducted using survey data collected from 286 employees, with confirmatory factor analysis and multiple regression analysis employed for data analysis. Results indicate that organizational socialization has a significant positive (+) effect on job crafting, and job embeddedness partially mediates the relationship between organizational socialization and job crafting. However, the sub-dimensions of job crafting (relational crafting) and job embeddedness (fit and sacrifice) were found to be statistically insignificant, likely due to contextual factors of the sample and limitations in the survey items.
In conclusion, this study identifies organizational socialization as a critical antecedent that induces behavioral changes among employees and highlights the role of job embeddedness as a vital mediator fostering relational networks and proactive behaviors within organizations. The findings suggest practical implications for enhancing organizational socialization programs and promoting job crafting behaviors among employees.