Personnel ReviewPub Date : 2024-09-12DOI: 10.1108/pr-01-2024-0085
Hui Zhang, Luciara Nardon
{"title":"Mentoring global talent: an integrative review","authors":"Hui Zhang, Luciara Nardon","doi":"10.1108/pr-01-2024-0085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-01-2024-0085","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The international mentoring literature predominantly features traditional company-assigned expatriates as protégés overlooking other types of global talent, such as immigrants, refugees, and international graduates, who may help organizations gain long-term IHRM competitive advantages. We integrate multidisciplinary research to better understand the role of mentoring as a global talent management tool, identify research gaps, and propose future research directions.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>We draw on an integrative review of 71 academic journal articles published between 1999 and 2024 to explore the role of mentoring in managing global talent (i.e. expatriates, immigrants, refugees, and international students and graduates).</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>We found that research has identified and examined relationships between various antecedents and outcomes of mentoring but mainly treating mentoring as a talent development tool. Less is known about the role of mentoring as a recruitment and selection tool in the pre-employment context. Mentoring is an important HRM tool that contributes to managing a global talent pool and developing existing employees.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>The review contributes to a better understanding of the characteristics and processes involved in mentoring in a global context by proposing a framework that incorporates antecedents of mentoring, characteristics of the mentoring process, and mentoring outcomes. It highlights the value of mentoring as a recruitment and selection tool supporting global talent management and identifies avenues for future research.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48148,"journal":{"name":"Personnel Review","volume":"192 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142196647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fighting fear: the buffering of well-being-HRM on the effects of nurses’ fear of COVID-19 on job stress and patient care","authors":"Timothy Bartram, Tse Leng Tham, Hannah Meacham, Beni Halvorsen, Patricia Pariona-Cabrera, Jillian Cavanagh, Peter Holland, Leila Afshari","doi":"10.1108/pr-07-2023-0562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-07-2023-0562","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Pre-pandemic research demonstrated the challenges of the nursing workforce and the provision of quality of patient care. Such challenges have been significantly intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic, not least in the workplace and fear of staff catching and transmitting COVID-19. We draw on conservation of resources (COR) theory to examine the impact of the fear of COVID-19 on nurses and the role of well-being-HRM (WBHRM) in negating the fear of COVID-19 and its impact on job stress and perceived quality of patient care.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>We collected data from 260 nurses (treating COVID-19 patients) employed in US hospitals across two-waves. Data were analyzed using mediated regression and moderated mediation.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The results indicated that when nurses report higher levels of fear of COVID-19, this translates into higher levels of nursing job stress. This, in turn, reduces nurses’ perceptions of quality of patient care they can provide. As previous research has found, decreased perceptions of quality of patient care is a significant factor driving intentions to leave the profession. The results demonstrated that WBHRM practices buffer the negative impact of fear of COVID-19 on job stress, and in turn, the perceived quality of patient care.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>Our paper contributes to new knowledge for healthcare managers on WBHRM bundles and their efficacy in buffering the effects of fear on job stress and quality of patient care. We contribute new knowledge on fear at work and how to manage employees’ fear through WBHRM practices.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48148,"journal":{"name":"Personnel Review","volume":"226 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142196649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A temporal evolution of human resource management and technology research: a retrospective bibliometric analysis","authors":"Srumita Narzary, Upam Pushpak Makhecha, Pawan Budhwar, Ashish Malik, Satish Kumar","doi":"10.1108/pr-04-2023-0296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-04-2023-0296","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Research on human resource management (HRM) and technology has gained momentum recently. This review aims to create a bibliographic profile of the field of HRM and technology using bibliometric techniques, complemented by qualitative analysis, examining 239 articles published in the four key human resource (HR) journals.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>First, using VOSviewer software, we analysed the research productivity by identifying authors, journals and influential articles, followed by insights on research themes and their evolution. Next, integrating bibliometric and qualitative approaches, we conducted a hybrid inquiry of the field to analyse current theories, methods and variables.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The bibliometric analysis highlighted the intellectual structure, key themes and distinctive developments categorised under four temporal phases that have shaped research in this field. In addition, qualitative analysis presents significant theoretical perspectives, the methods employed and the nomological framework of variables.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>Our study advances the extant literature on HRM and technology by quantifying the leading bibliometric performance indicators complemented by qualitative evaluation of the field, which entails exploring the possible research strands and related trends that have emerged in the past two decades.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48148,"journal":{"name":"Personnel Review","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142196652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Personnel ReviewPub Date : 2024-08-23DOI: 10.1108/pr-10-2022-0707
Bilqees Ghani, Muhammad Abdur Rahman Malik, Khalid Rasheed Memon
{"title":"Effects of performance appraisal on employees’ extra-role behaviors and turnover intentions – A parallel mediation model","authors":"Bilqees Ghani, Muhammad Abdur Rahman Malik, Khalid Rasheed Memon","doi":"10.1108/pr-10-2022-0707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-10-2022-0707","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Research on the underlying mechanisms that transfer the effects of performance appraisal (PA) on employees’ behaviors and intentions remains scarce. The social exchange view of performance appraisal can be a source of deeper understanding about these underlying mechanisms. This study aims to investigate how psychological empowerment (PE) and organizational commitment (OC) explain the link between performance appraisal and three important distal outcomes: voice behavior (VB), organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), and turnover intentions (TOI).</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>The current study utilizes two wave – two source data from a sample of 250 employees and their supervisors from private organizations in Pakistan and tested the mediation model using SMART-PLS.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Results demonstrated that organizational commitment mediated the effects of performance appraisal on VB, OCB, and TOI, whereas psychological empowerment mediated the effects of performance appraisal on VB and OCB. These results have significant implications for theory and practice.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This study adopts the social exchange perspective to examine the mediation mechanisms linking PA with the three distal outcomes: VB, OCB and TOI. The paper identifies two novel mediators of PA – outcome relationship, i.e., psychological empowerment and organizational commitment.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48148,"journal":{"name":"Personnel Review","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142196650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Personnel ReviewPub Date : 2024-08-16DOI: 10.1108/pr-03-2023-0263
Debolina Dutta, Sushanta Kumar Mishra
{"title":"Artificial intelligence-based virtual assistant and employee engagement: an empirical investigation","authors":"Debolina Dutta, Sushanta Kumar Mishra","doi":"10.1108/pr-03-2023-0263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-03-2023-0263","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Scholars have highlighted personal interactions between employees and their leaders in an increasingly distributed and hybrid work environment as an essential mechanism that engages employees toward organizational goals. Enhanced employee engagement significantly contributes to sustained organizational performance and growth. While Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in the HR domain are increasing, research to understand the implication of AI-based virtual assistants on enabling trust and managing human resources is, at best, limited.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Drawing on the social response theory and the social exchange theory, and based on a multi-source, time-lagged field study spanning over ten months, we investigated the impact of AI-based virtual assistants on employee attitudes, namely perception of fairness and employee engagement.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The usage of AI-based virtual assistants is associated directly with employee engagement and indirectly through employees’ perceptions of fairness. While employees’ past performance moderates the relationship between perceived fairness and employee engagement, the interaction effect becomes non-significant with AI-based virtual assistants.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Research limitations/implications</h3>\u0000<p>Our study contributes to the emerging literature on AI-based virtual assistants in HRM and employee engagement. The virtual assistants’ use to enhance employee engagement emerges as an opportunity for task substitution and augmentation. Our study demonstrates that AI-based virtual assistants can enhance employee engagement and help build perceptions of fairness among employees.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>With the emerging importance of AI, there is an increasing interest in explaining human-computer interactions and their effect on employee engagement. Our study is among the early empirical studies examining the implications of AI-based virtual assistants on employee outcomes.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48148,"journal":{"name":"Personnel Review","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142196651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Increased demand for in-home aged care impeded by a lack of HRM supports for in-home care workers: a scoping review","authors":"Jillian Cavanagh, Hannah Meacham, Patricia Pariona-Cabrera, Timothy Bartram","doi":"10.1108/pr-08-2023-0642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-08-2023-0642","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The purpose of the scoping review is to develop understandings around the high demand for in-home healthcare for the aged and how to find ways to better support declining numbers of in-home care workers and healthcare professionals. The scoping review highlights the role of human resource management (HRM) in this sector.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>This scoping review of literature takes a systematic approach to identify themes on the aged care sector and levels of support for in-home care. We map the literature from specific databases to find themes.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>It is important for HRM of aged care service providers to understand the key issues around homecare workers and healthcare professionals. There are key issues for stakeholders, such as clients’ health needs, organizations struggling to recruit and retain healthcare workers, and it is critical to know how such issues impact on clients and the healthcare workforce.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>There is a dearth of literature on in-home care for the aged, and therefore, we contribute to understandings about the competing pressures surrounding the demand for in-home care versus the declining number of homecare workers and professional healthcare workers in this sector. We highlight the lack of HRM support from aged care providers and the impact on homecare workers.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48148,"journal":{"name":"Personnel Review","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141880468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Personnel ReviewPub Date : 2024-07-23DOI: 10.1108/pr-10-2023-0918
Rita Rueff-Lopes, Ferran Velasco, Josep Sayeras, Ana Junça-Silva
{"title":"Understanding turnover of generation Y early-career workers: the influence of values and field of study","authors":"Rita Rueff-Lopes, Ferran Velasco, Josep Sayeras, Ana Junça-Silva","doi":"10.1108/pr-10-2023-0918","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-10-2023-0918","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Generation Y early-career workers have the highest turnover rates ever seen. To better understand this phenomenon, this study combines the P-O values fit with the Cohort perspectives to (1) identify the work-related values of this generation, (2) explore the relation between values and turnover intentions and examine how the field of study influences this relationship and (3) verify if the turnover intentions materialized one year after the first data collection.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>We interviewed 71 early-career workers and applied thematic analysis to identify the value categories. A classification decision tree tested whether the field of study influences the relation between values and turnover intentions. A post-test was conducted to determine whether the reported turnover intentions were materialized one year later.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Thematic analysis yielded 285 themes that were grouped into 12 values’ categories. Decision trees revealed that the combination of values that most predicted turnover was substantially different between Finance graduates (more instrumental and future-oriented values) and Innovation and Entrepreneurship graduates (more social and job-oriented values). The post-test confirmed that the number of respondents who reported an intention to quit their jobs during the interview with us and did quit one year later was statistically significant.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>To our knowledge, this is the first study that uses critical incident interviews to explore the work-related values of this specific cohort and their relation to turnover. Our findings on the moderating effects of the field of study are unprecedented. We also identified three new work-value categories, and, to our knowledge, this is the first study that used decision trees to explore the relation between values and turnover.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48148,"journal":{"name":"Personnel Review","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141744762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Personnel ReviewPub Date : 2024-07-19DOI: 10.1108/pr-03-2023-0257
Martina Mori, Sara Sassetti, Vincenzo Cavaliere, Mariacristina Bonti
{"title":"A systematic literature review on artificial intelligence in recruiting and selection: a matter of ethics","authors":"Martina Mori, Sara Sassetti, Vincenzo Cavaliere, Mariacristina Bonti","doi":"10.1108/pr-03-2023-0257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-03-2023-0257","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Starting from the relevance of ethics to the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of employee recruitment and selection (R&S), in this article, we aim to provide a comprehensive review of the literature in light of the main ethical theories (utilitarian theories, theories of justice, and theories of rights) to identify a future research agenda and practical implications.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>On the basis of the best-quality and most influential journals, we conducted a systematic review of 120 articles from two databases (Web of Science and Scopus) to provide descriptive results and adopt a framework for deductive classification of the main topics.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Inspired by the three ethical theories, we identified three thematic lines of enquiry for the debate on AI in R&S: (1) the utilitarian view: the efficient optimisation of R&S through AI; (2) the justice view: the perceptions of justice and fairness related to AI techniques; and (3) the rights view: the respect for legal and human rights requirements when AI is applied.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This article provides a detailed assessment of the adoption of AI in the R&S process from the standpoint of traditional ethics theories and offers an integrative theoretical framework for future research on AI in the broader field of HRM.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48148,"journal":{"name":"Personnel Review","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141744669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Personnel ReviewPub Date : 2024-07-03DOI: 10.1108/pr-10-2023-0922
Lloyd C. Harris, Emmanuel Ogbonna
{"title":"The same only different: precarious workers’ perceptions of their treatment in COVID-19 times","authors":"Lloyd C. Harris, Emmanuel Ogbonna","doi":"10.1108/pr-10-2023-0922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-10-2023-0922","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Our core aim was to explore the perceptions of precarious workers on the ways in which the pandemic impacted their relationships with their employing organizations and to explore the ways in which they viewed the pandemic as (re)shaping the dynamics of precarious work and the extent to which they saw the pandemic as contributing to substantive improvement in their working lives or whether the pandemic is exacerbating their marginalisation.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>We adopted an approach akin to grounded theory in an exploratory research design and utilized in-depth, semi-structured interviews as the most apposite method of data collection. Our research design centred on a two-phase data collection approach, which were intended to gather data at two points. First, during the most difficult part of the pandemic, which we describe as the “Lockdown phase” and second, during the period wherein the pandemic rules were eased but elements of the risks remained; the “New Normal phase”.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>This article reports the findings of a longitudinal study of the reflections and interpretations of precarious workers on the impacts of the pandemic on their relationships with their employing organizations. We supply findings across three periods – pre-the COVID-19 pandemic, during the pandemic lockdown phase and post-lockdowns in the “new normal phase”.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Research limitations/implications</h3>\u0000<p>The first contribution of the study is the importance of “voice” and giving voice to workers in nontraditional, fragmented and marginalised employment. Our study builds on these contributions by exploring the journeys of precarious workers and is particularly valuable in that we explore the perceptions of these workers across the societal, organizational and employment/working turbulence of the pandemic. The second contribution arises from the insights developed through studying the working lives and experiences of precarious workers longitudinally rather than in a single, snapshot fashion. A third contribution centres on how precarious workers felt they were treated by others during both the two phases of the study. The insights here are complex and, in parts, contradictory – reflecting the interpretations and conflicted opinions/deeds of those connected with precarious workers.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>It is particularly important for scholars to understand the ways in which the pandemic shaped (or reshaped) the dynamics of precarious work and to understand whether the evolving conceptions of the centrality of such workers as “essential” during the pandemic (Crane and Matten, 2021) contributed to substantive or merely illusory, improvements in their working lives. Thus, we analyse the reflections of precarious workers on changes to their working lives that are linked to the pandemic.</p><!--/ Abstract","PeriodicalId":48148,"journal":{"name":"Personnel Review","volume":"340 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141503142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Personnel ReviewPub Date : 2024-06-27DOI: 10.1108/pr-03-2023-0206
Danina Mainka, Annika Pestotnik, Sarah Altmann
{"title":"Job design in blue- and white-collar jobs: the influence of transformational leadership on job crafting and i-deals","authors":"Danina Mainka, Annika Pestotnik, Sarah Altmann","doi":"10.1108/pr-03-2023-0206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-03-2023-0206","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Whereas job crafting and idiosyncratic deals (i-deals) have primarily been studied in white-collar jobs, there is a lack of research on job design in less skilled and highly structured work. Our study addresses this gap by analyzing the effects of transformational leadership on job crafting and i-deals in blue- and white-collar jobs.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>To test our hypotheses, we surveyed 285 employees (31.9% blue-collar employees and 68.1% white-collar employees) in the German craft industry, using structural equation modeling for data analysis.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Our results show that transformational leadership is a strong predictor of job crafting and i-deals but that its influence depends on the occupational group. More specifically, the moderating role of the occupational group in the relationship between transformational leadership and job crafting differs regarding job crafting’s dimensions. Concerning i-deals, transformational leadership’s influence on both development and task i-deals is stronger in white-collar jobs than it is in blue-collar jobs.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>The study provides new insights into the important role of the work context in which leadership takes place. In particular, these insights can guide leaders in how to manage different occupational groups to engage them in proactive behaviors.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This study is the first to compare the contextual roles of blue- and white-collar jobs with regard to job design. By examining the influence of transformational leadership on job crafting and i-deals in two occupational groups, our study contributes to research on the role of work context in the effectiveness of transformational leadership in encouraging employees to engage in proactive behaviors.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48148,"journal":{"name":"Personnel Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141528808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}