Job Crafting as a Social Activity: The Roles of Identity Leadership and Team Identification

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dc.abstract.enThis research focuses on the roles of identity leadership and team identification in the process of crafting social job resources. Because identity leadership enhances group identity, which in turn promotes cooperation and support, we hypothesized that identity leadership increases the crafting of social job resources via enhanced team identification among teammates. We performed three studies to test these relationships. In a two-wave correlational Study 1 (N = 777), we collected self-reported data from employees regarding their supervisor’s leadership styles as well as their own team identification and job crafting efforts. We observed a positive link between identity leadership and the social job crafting via team identification. Additionally, identity leadership directly predicted seeking social job resources but not structural job resources or challenging job demands. The dimensions of identity leadership linked with social job crafting included identity entrepreneurship and impresarioship. By manipulating identity leadership in experimental Study 2 (N = 287), we showed that, compared with the control condition, identity leadership increased subordinates’ team identification. Finally, in Study 3 (N = 785), we manipulated both identity leadership and team identification, demonstrating that both increased intentions to craft social job resources. We conclude that identity leadership influences employees' crafting intentions and behaviors positively with respect to social job resources and should be promoted among managers to increase proactivity and the exchange of social resources.
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Sopocie
dc.contributor.authorMarszałek, Magdalena
dc.contributor.authorRetowski, Sylwiusz
dc.contributor.authorvan Dick, Rolf
dc.contributor.authorRoczniewska, Marta
dc.date.access2026-03-24
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-08T08:52:21Z
dc.date.available2026-04-08T08:52:21Z
dc.date.created2026-01-07
dc.date.issued2026-03-24
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p> This research focuses on the roles of identity leadership and team identification in the process of crafting social job resources. Because identity leadership enhances group identity, which in turn promotes cooperation and support, we hypothesized that identity leadership increases the crafting of social job resources via enhanced team identification among teammates. We performed three studies to test these relationships. In a two-wave correlational Study 1 ( <jats:italic>N</jats:italic>  = 777), we collected self-reported data from employees regarding their supervisor’s leadership styles as well as their own team identification and job crafting efforts. We observed a positive link between identity leadership and the social job crafting via team identification. Additionally, identity leadership directly predicted seeking social job resources but not structural job resources or challenging job demands. The dimensions of identity leadership linked with social job crafting included identity entrepreneurship and impresarioship. By manipulating identity leadership in experimental Study 2 ( <jats:italic>N</jats:italic>  = 287), we showed that, compared with the control condition, identity leadership increased subordinates’ team identification. Finally, in Study 3 ( <jats:italic>N</jats:italic>  = 785), we manipulated both identity leadership and team identification, demonstrating that both increased intentions to craft social job resources. We conclude that identity leadership influences employees' crafting intentions and behaviors positively with respect to social job resources and should be promoted among managers to increase proactivity and the exchange of social resources. </jats:p>
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dc.description.grantnumber6/2021/2022
dc.description.granttitleSUB/IPsy/2022/10 “Who Motivates to Job Crafting? The Relationship Between Identity Leadership and Job Crafting”
dc.description.physical1-23
dc.description.sdgGoodHealthAndWellBeing
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10869-026-10100-8
dc.identifier.eissn1573-353X
dc.identifier.issn0889-3268
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/2289
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10869-026-10100-8
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOTHER
dc.subject.enIdentity leadership
dc.subject.enTeam identification
dc.subject.enJob crafting
dc.subject.enSeeking social job resources
dc.swps.sciencecloudnosend
dc.titleJob Crafting as a Social Activity: The Roles of Identity Leadership and Team Identification
dc.title.journalJournal of Business and Psychology
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle