IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/jhappi/v15y2014i4p957-977.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Optimising Employee Mental Health: The Relationship Between Intrinsic Need Satisfaction, Job Crafting, and Employee Well-Being

Author

Listed:
  • Gavin Slemp
  • Dianne Vella-Brodrick

Abstract

Organisations are frequently confronted with the issue of how to enhance employee mental health. Based on self-determination theory, a model is proposed that examines the relationships between job crafting, the satisfaction of the intrinsic needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness at work, and employee well-being—defined here as both subjective well-being and psychological well-being. A sample of 253 working adults completed a battery of questionnaires including the Job Crafting Questionnaire, the Intrinsic Need Satisfaction Scale, and the Mental Health Continuum. Using structural equation modelling methods, it was determined that job crafting predicted intrinsic need satisfaction, which, in turn, predicted employee well-being. The results suggest that job crafting may be an important underpinning upon which to base an employee well-being intervention. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

Suggested Citation

  • Gavin Slemp & Dianne Vella-Brodrick, 2014. "Optimising Employee Mental Health: The Relationship Between Intrinsic Need Satisfaction, Job Crafting, and Employee Well-Being," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 15(4), pages 957-977, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jhappi:v:15:y:2014:i:4:p:957-977
    DOI: 10.1007/s10902-013-9458-3
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s10902-013-9458-3
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s10902-013-9458-3?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Ryan Howell & David Chenot & Graham Hill & Colleen Howell, 2011. "Momentary Happiness: The Role of Psychological Need Satisfaction," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 1-15, March.
    2. Kathryn Page & Dianne Vella-Brodrick, 2009. "The ‘What’, ‘Why’ and ‘How’ of Employee Well-Being: A New Model," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 90(3), pages 441-458, February.
    3. Edward Deci & Richard Ryan, 2008. "Hedonia, eudaimonia, and well-being: an introduction," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 9(1), pages 1-11, January.
    4. Ledyard Tucker & Charles Lewis, 1973. "A reliability coefficient for maximum likelihood factor analysis," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 38(1), pages 1-10, March.
    5. P. M. Bentler & Chih-Ping Chou, 1987. "Practical Issues in Structural Modeling," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 16(1), pages 78-117, August.
    6. Richard M. Ryan & Veronika Huta & Edward Deci, 2008. "Living well: a self-determination theory perspective on eudaimonia," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 9(1), pages 139-170, January.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Merly Kosenkranius & Floor Rink & Miika Kujanpää & Jessica de Bloom, 2021. "Motives for Crafting Work and Leisure: Focus on Opportunities at Work and Psychological Needs as Drivers of Crafting Efforts," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-20, November.
    2. István Tóth-Király & Beáta Bőthe & Miriam Jánvári & Adrien Rigó & Gábor Orosz, 2019. "Longitudinal Trajectories of Passion and Their Individual and Social Determinants: A Latent Growth Modeling Approach," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 20(8), pages 2431-2444, December.
    3. Rebecca Hewett, 2023. "Dissonance, Reflection and Reframing: Unpacking the Black Box of Motivation Internalization," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(2), pages 285-312, March.
    4. Kang, David Yeonjun & Hur, Won-Moo & Shin, Yuhyung, 2023. "Smart technology and service employees’ job crafting: Relationship between STARA awareness, performance pressure, receiving and giving help, and job crafting," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).
    5. Weiwei Shang, 2022. "The Effects of Job Crafting on Job Performance among Ideological and Political Education Teachers: The Mediating Role of Work Meaning and Work Engagement," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-12, July.
    6. Gabriela Topa & Mercedes Aranda-Carmena, 2022. "Job Crafting in Nursing: Mediation between Work Engagement and Job Performance in a Multisample Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-11, October.
    7. Diego Gómez-Baya & Ana M. Lucia-Casademunt & José A. Salinas-Pérez, 2018. "Gender Differences in Psychological Well-Being and Health Problems among European Health Professionals: Analysis of Psychological Basic Needs and Job Satisfaction," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-17, July.
    8. Shilpi Kalwani, 2021. "The effect of COVID fatigue on mental health in the public sector organizations: exploring compassion as a mediator," DECISION: Official Journal of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Springer;Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, vol. 48(4), pages 403-418, December.
    9. Bindl, Uta K. & Unsworth, Kerrie L. & Gibson, Cristina B. & Stride, Christopher B., 2019. "Job crafting revisited: implications of an extended framework for active changes at work," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 90175, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    10. Won‐Moo Hur & Tae‐Won Moon & Wook‐Hee Choi, 2019. "When are internal and external corporate social responsibility initiatives amplified? Employee engagement in corporate social responsibility initiatives on prosocial and proactive behaviors," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 26(4), pages 849-858, July.
    11. Loi, Raymond & Lin, Xiaowan & Tan, Alice J.M., 2019. "Powered to craft? The roles of flexibility and perceived organizational support," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 61-68.
    12. Hongkun Zhang & Xin Tan & Chuanhao Liu & Ming Chen, 2023. "Do Team Boundary-Spanning Activities Affect Innovation Performance?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-18, July.
    13. Marina Romeo & Montserrat Yepes-Baldó & Kristina Westerberg & Maria Nordin, 2020. "Cognitive job crafting as mediator between behavioral job crafting and quality of care in residential homes for the elderly," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(12), pages 1-14, December.
    14. Yuhyung Shin & Won-Moo Hur, 2021. "Do Organizational Health Climates and Leader Health Mindsets Enhance Employees’ Work Engagement and Job Crafting Amid the Pandemic?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(22), pages 1-18, November.
    15. Huatian Wang & Peikai Li & Shi Chen, 2020. "The Impact of Social Factors on Job Crafting: A Meta-Analysis and Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-29, October.
    16. Yuan Li & Xiyuan Li & Yujing Liu, 2021. "How Does High-Performance Work System Prompt Job Crafting through Autonomous Motivation: The Moderating Role of Initiative Climate," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(2), pages 1-15, January.
    17. Inyong Shin & Won-Moo Hur & Seongho Kang, 2018. "How and When Are Job Crafters Engaged at Work?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-15, September.
    18. Ana Junça-Silva & Sónia Silva & António Caetano, 2022. "Job crafting, meaningful work and performance: a moderated mediation approach of presenteeism," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 2(4), pages 1-21, April.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Piotr Oleś & Tomasz Jankowski, 2018. "Positive Orientation—a Common Base for Hedonistic and Eudemonistic Happiness?," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 13(1), pages 105-117, March.
    2. Mohsen Joshanloo, 2013. "A Comparison of Western and Islamic Conceptions of Happiness," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 14(6), pages 1857-1874, December.
    3. Brand-Correa, Lina I. & Steinberger, Julia K., 2017. "A Framework for Decoupling Human Need Satisfaction From Energy Use," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 43-52.
    4. Nikolova, Milena & Cnossen, Femke, 2020. "What makes work meaningful and why economists should care about it," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
    5. Veselina P. Vracheva & Robert Moussetis & Ali Abu-Rahma, 2020. "The Mediational Role of Engagement in the Relationship Between Curiosity and Student Development: A Preliminary Study," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 21(4), pages 1529-1547, April.
    6. Belén López-Pérez & Belén Fernández-Castilla, 2018. "Children’s and Adolescents’ Conceptions of Happiness at School and Its Relation with Their Own Happiness and Their Academic Performance," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 19(6), pages 1811-1830, August.
    7. Ofer I. Atad & Pninit Russo-Netzer, 2022. "The Effect of Gratitude on Well-being: Should We Prioritize Positivity or Meaning?," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 23(3), pages 1245-1265, March.
    8. Nicola Walshe & Elsa Lee & Millie J. Smith, 2020. "Supporting Children’s Well-being with Art in Nature: Artist Pedagogue Perceptions," Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, , vol. 14(1), pages 98-112, March.
    9. Helena Lopes & Sérgio Lagoa & Ana C Santos, 2019. "Work conditions and financial difficulties in post-crisis Europe: Utility versus quality of working life," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 30(1), pages 39-58, March.
    10. Mohsen Joshanloo, 2016. "Revisiting the Empirical Distinction Between Hedonic and Eudaimonic Aspects of Well-Being Using Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 17(5), pages 2023-2036, October.
    11. Catherine Ratelle & Karine Simard & Frédéric Guay, 2013. "University Students’ Subjective Well-being: The Role of Autonomy Support from Parents, Friends, and the Romantic Partner," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 14(3), pages 893-910, June.
    12. Wiertz Caroline & Ruyter Ko de & Streukens Sandra, 2003. "Cooperating For Service Excellence In Multi-Channel Service Systems: An Empirical Assessment," Research Memorandum 037, Maastricht University, Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organization (METEOR).
    13. Miriam Raquel Wachholz Strelhow & Jorge Castellá Sarriera & Ferran Casas, 2020. "Evaluation of Well-Being in Adolescence: Proposal of an Integrative Model with Hedonic and Eudemonic Aspects," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 13(4), pages 1439-1452, August.
    14. Joar Vittersø & Yngvil Søholt & Audun Hetland & Irina Thoresen & Espen Røysamb, 2010. "Was Hercules Happy? Some Answers from a Functional Model of Human Well-being," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 95(1), pages 1-18, January.
    15. Berger, Ron & Herstein, Ram & Silbiger, Avi & Barnes, Bradley R., 2018. "Is guanxi universal in China? Some evidence of a paradoxical shift," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 344-355.
    16. Gemma Crous & Ferran Casas & Mònica González-Carrasco, 2018. "What Aspects are Important to Adolescents to Achieve Full Satisfaction in Life?," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 11(6), pages 1699-1718, December.
    17. Jay Kimiecik, 2011. "Exploring the Promise of Eudaimonic Well-Being Within the Practice of Health Promotion: The “How” is as Important as the “What”," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 12(5), pages 769-792, October.
    18. Pninit Russo-Netzer, 2019. "Prioritizing Meaning as a Pathway to Meaning in Life and Well-Being," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 20(6), pages 1863-1891, August.
    19. Golob, Thomas F., 2011. "Structural Equation Modeling For Travel Behavior Research," University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers qt2pn5j58n, University of California Transportation Center.
    20. Léandre Alexis Chénard-Poirier & Robert J. Vallerand & Jérémie Verner-Filion & Nathalie Houlfort & Jacques Forest & Natalie Rinfret, 2023. "Optimal Functioning in Society: A Conceptualization, a Measure, and a Look at Determinants," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 24(2), pages 857-892, February.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:jhappi:v:15:y:2014:i:4:p:957-977. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.