SAGE Open (Aug 2024)

Job Crafting, Task Performance, and Employability: The Role of Work Engagement

  • Hatice Güçlü Nergiz,
  • Banu S. Unsal-Akbiyik

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440241271125
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14

Abstract

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The goal of this study is to determine the function of work engagement as a mediating factor in the relationship between job crafting, task performance, and employability in the hospitality sector. A questionnaire was applied and participants were drawn from 209 hotel employees in İstanbul, and Kocaeli, Türkiye. To test these hypotheses, structural equation modeling was implemented. The findings show that job crafting is linked to employability and task performance positively. Furthermore, this research looks into the role of work engagement as a mediator in the links between job crafting, perceived employability and task performance. The findings reveal that there are considerable indirect effects, implying that work engagement is mediated. Thus, our results suggest that job crafting was a positive predictor of perceived employability and task performance and work engagement has a mediator role between those variables in the hospitality sector.