Job Crafting and Competence Improvement in a Workplace of Young Workers

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of feedbacks on work processes by supervisors to young workers’ job crafting and competence improvement in a workplace. For this, a structural equation modeling was used based on data obtained through an internet survey. Results revealed that feedback on work processes by supervisors positively affected all assessed factors of job crafting and competence improvement in a workplace. In addition, effective job crafting differed from type of competence improvement in a workplace. These results suggest that feedback on a work processes by supervisors may be effective in improving competence of young workers and encouraging job crafting in a workplace.