The Role of Job Crafting and Job Engagement in The Effect of Organizational Commitment on Job Performance

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to determine the effect of organizational commitment on job performance, job engagement and job crafting, and to test whether there is a mediating effect of job crafting and job engagement in the interaction between organizational commitment and job performance, with hypotheses based on theoretical grounds. In this study, a quantitative method was used as a research approach. This study was conducted with data collected from 512 employees in an institution operating in the public sector. As a result of the research, it has been revealed that organizational commitment has a positive effect on job performance. It has been observed that organizational commitment affects job performance in the same direction and job crafting plays a partial mediator role in this effect. In addition, the role of job engagement between organizational commitment and job performance was examined. As a result of this analysis, job engagement plays a partial mediator role between these two variables. In the context of all these results, it has been determined that job crafting and job engagement are effective mediating variables between organizational commitment and job performance.

Keywords

• Organizational commitment
• job performance
• job crafting
• job engagement
• mediator role.

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