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Sense of calling, job crafting, spiritual leadership and work meaningfulness: a moderated mediation model

Sense of calling, job crafting, spiritual leadership and work meaningfulness: a moderated... The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between sense of calling and work meaningfulness with job crafting as a mediator and spiritual leadership as a moderator.Design/methodology/approachAdopting a three-wave procedure, data were collected from 333 participants across industries from Guangdong province, China.FindingsResults indicate that job crafting partially mediates the relationship between employee sense of calling and work meaningfulness. Moreover, the positive relationship between job crafting and work meaningfulness is more significant when spiritual leadership is high than when it is low. Additionally, spiritual leadership moderates the indirect relationship of sense of calling and work meaningfulness through job crafting such that the indirect effect of sense of calling is stronger when spiritual leadership is high than when it is low.Originality/valueBased on self-determination theory, this study adds to current literatures examining the importance of sense of calling on a person's career and explores the boundary conditions, which bring desirable outcomes. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Leadership & Organization Development Journal Emerald Publishing

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
0143-7739
DOI
10.1108/lodj-09-2020-0392
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between sense of calling and work meaningfulness with job crafting as a mediator and spiritual leadership as a moderator.Design/methodology/approachAdopting a three-wave procedure, data were collected from 333 participants across industries from Guangdong province, China.FindingsResults indicate that job crafting partially mediates the relationship between employee sense of calling and work meaningfulness. Moreover, the positive relationship between job crafting and work meaningfulness is more significant when spiritual leadership is high than when it is low. Additionally, spiritual leadership moderates the indirect relationship of sense of calling and work meaningfulness through job crafting such that the indirect effect of sense of calling is stronger when spiritual leadership is high than when it is low.Originality/valueBased on self-determination theory, this study adds to current literatures examining the importance of sense of calling on a person's career and explores the boundary conditions, which bring desirable outcomes.

Journal

Leadership & Organization Development JournalEmerald Publishing

Published: Jun 23, 2021

Keywords: Sense of calling; Work meaningfulness; Job crafting; Spiritual leadership

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