Called to a Job: Crafting Influences on Person-Job Fit

Abstract

Due to the many benefits that can be impacted by perceptions of person-job (PJ) fit, previous research has focused on and found significant correlations between an individual’s call to work, job crafting behaviors, and PJ fit. How these three variables interact together, though, is less understood. The aim of the present study was to determine the manner in which work as a calling and job crafting influence PJ fit, whether individually or together through mediation. An online survey was distributed to full-time workers with a minimum of five years of job experience in their current field. Results provided partial support for the proposed mediated model, concluding that work as a calling affects PJ fit through certain job crafting behaviors.