Influences of Boundary-Spanning Leadership on Job Performance: A Moderated Mediating Role of Job Crafting and Positive Psychological Capital
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Background
2.1. Boundary-Spanning Leadership (BSL)
2.2. Job Crafting
2.3. Job Performance
2.4. Positive Psychological Capital (PsyCap)
3. Materials and Methods
4. Results
5. Discussion
5.1. Theoretical Implications and Practical Implications
5.2. Limitations and Future Directions
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Factors | Factor Loadings | AVE | CR | ρA | Cronbach’s α |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boundary spanning leadership | 0.581~0.885 | 0.63 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.73 |
Positive psychological capital | 0.641~0.861 | 0.71 | 0.82 | 0.86 | 0.83 |
Job crafting | 0.708~0.906 | 0.73 | 0.85 | 0.88 | 0.85 |
Job performance | 0.718~0.848 | 0.76 | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.79 |
Variables | Mean | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Age | 35.28 | 6.37 | - | |||||||
2. Gender a | 0.24 | 0.43 | −0.35 | - | ||||||
3. Industry1 b | 0.33 | 0.47 | 0.06 | −0.12 | - | |||||
4. Industry2 c | 0.25 | 0.43 | −0.07 | −0.02 | 0.04 | - | ||||
5. BSL | 5.58 | 0.88 | 0.07 | −0.19 | 0.07 | 0.18 | (0.79) | |||
6. PsyCap | 5.46 | 0.71 | 0.22 | −0.16 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.45 | (0.84) | ||
7. Job crafting | 5.06 | 0.91 | 0.31 | −0.34 | 0.10 | −0.01 | 0.37 | 0.59 | (0.85) | |
8. Job performance | 5.18 | 0.94 | 0.27 | −0.22 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.39 | 0.58 | 0.63 | (0.87) |
Variables | Model 1 (Job Crafting) | Model 2 (Job Performance) | ||||
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b | SE | t | b | SE | t | |
Age | 0.02 | 0.01 | 2.33 * | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.61 |
Gender | −0.42 | 0.11 | −3.70 ** | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.51 |
Industry1 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 1.22 | 0.25 | 0.10 | 2.67 ** |
Industry2 | −0.10 | 0.11 | −0.97 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 1.26 |
Boundary-spanning leadership (BLS) | 0.12 | 0.06 | 2.02 * | 0.10 | 0.07 | 1.45 |
Job crafting | 0.41 | 0.07 | 5.54 ** | |||
Positive psychological capital (PsyCap) | 0.64 | 0.07 | 8.81 ** | |||
BLS × PsyCap | 0.11 | 0.04 | 2.52 * | |||
R2 (adjusted R2) | 0.45(0.43) | 0.34(0.31) | ||||
F | 27.03 ** | 16.37 * |
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Xue, R.; Woo, H.R. Influences of Boundary-Spanning Leadership on Job Performance: A Moderated Mediating Role of Job Crafting and Positive Psychological Capital. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12725. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912725
Xue R, Woo HR. Influences of Boundary-Spanning Leadership on Job Performance: A Moderated Mediating Role of Job Crafting and Positive Psychological Capital. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):12725. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912725
Chicago/Turabian StyleXue, Rukuan, and Hyung Rok Woo. 2022. "Influences of Boundary-Spanning Leadership on Job Performance: A Moderated Mediating Role of Job Crafting and Positive Psychological Capital" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 12725. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912725