Impact of Task, Cognitive, and Relational Job Crafting on Faculty Organizational Commitment: The Mediating Role of Person-Job Fit

Abstract

The primary aim of this study was to explore the influence of task, cognitive, and relational job crafting on enhancing faculty members' organizational commitment. The study also seeks to assess the intervening role of person-job fit. The respondents of the study comprised 454 faculty members from various universities across Northern India.  Descriptive statistics were analyzed using SPSS 23 version, and PLS-SEM was utilized to test the structural relationship and validate the research hypotheses. The findings demonstrated that all three facets of job crafting had a significant favorable influence on faculty organizational commitment. Furthermore, the relationship between all the three aspects of job crafting and faculty organizational commitment was found to be partially mediated by person job fit. The study indicates that allowing flexibility to employees with respect to tailoring their societal, task, and perceptive precincts of their jobs to better align with their preferences, passions, and interests, can improve their job meaningfulness and identity at work. This in turn, leads to more positive organizational results.