Job crafting and I-deals: a study testing the nomological network of proactive behaviors

Abstract

In this research, we investigated the predictive powers of I-deals and job crafting on key employee outcomes (in-role work performance, citizenship behaviors directed at organization and co-workers, affective commitment and intentions to stay). In doing so, we also compared the explanatory degree of job crafting and I-deals on these outcomes. We used two sets of samples, both drawn from across different industries in Istanbul, Turkey. The first study examined the factorial structures of job crafting and I-deals scales. The second study is used to test our hypotheses regarding effects and strengths of I-deals and job crafting on the outcomes. Findings from series of structural equation models underscored that I-deals are more critical in leading to enhanced employee outcomes compared to the effects of job crafting. We discuss the role of these proactive behaviors in today’s ever-changing business settings.

Keywords:

• I-deals
• job crafting
• proactive behaviors
• Turkey
• work performance

Disclosure statement

The data of this study had been collected before the first author started his Ph.D. at Warwick Business School. The first author used the translated scale of I-deals in his Ph.D. studies. The authors would like to thank the MBA students and all participants for their participation.