Abstract:
This study has been designed to explore the impact of job crafting on the work engagement
in the pharmaceutical industry of Pakistan. For this purpose quantitative research method has
been utilized and the data has been collected from the employees of the pharmaceutical
industries in Karachi. Sample of the study comprised of 157 employees. The analysis done
was correlation and regression. Correlation analysis has been computed to test the hypothesis
of the study which was about the relationship. It has been found that all hypotheses of the
study have been accepted and job crafting along with its components has significant positive
correlation with the work engagement. The study concluded that job crafting components
like social resources, challenge resource and structural resource has positive relation with
work engagement and also they predict the work engagement. This is a case study and the
generalizability of a case study research is low. The sample of the study is limited and only
pharmaceutical industry cannot represent the all-pharmaceutical industries of Pakistan.
On behalf of the findings of the study it is recommended that pharmaceutical industries must
take care of the job resources which are linked with the job crafting and in turn with the work
engagement of the employees.
