EFFECTS OF JOB CRAFTING ON WORK ENGAGEMENT: CASE OF PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN

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.