Abstract
This study aims to evaluate the effects of leader-member exchange (LMX) on job and life satisfaction among nurses in China and to examine the mediating effect of individual and collaborative job crafting between LMX and job and life satisfaction. The study recruited 263 nurses who worked in hospitals in Zhejiang province, China. A set of self-administered questionnaires were used to measure the variables of LMX, job crafting, job and life satisfaction. The data was analyzed using the partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The results reveal that LMX has a significant positive influence on job crafting and job satisfaction. Collaborative job crafting has a significant positive influence on the job satisfaction of nurses, whereas individual job crafting does not. Moreover, LMX will affect job satisfaction and life satisfaction through a partial mediating effect of both individual and collaborative job crafting. Finally, the article discusses the academically and practical implications, and also provide some suggestions and directions for the future research.
Highlights
This study explores the mediating effect of job crafting on the relationship between leader-member exchange (LMX) and job satisfaction, and the mediating effect of job crafting on the relationship between LMX and life satisfaction
This study examined the relationships between LMX and job satisfaction and life satisfaction in the nurse industry, considering the mediating role of job crafting
Some studies have presented that LMX is an important antecedent of employees’ job and life satisfaction, there is little research on whether job crafting can mediate the association between LMX and nurses’ job and life satisfaction
Summary
This study aims to evaluate the effects of leader-member exchange (LMX) on job and life satisfaction among nurses in China and to examine the mediating effect of individual and collaborative job crafting between LMX and job and life satisfaction. Considering the aforementioned, this study aims to: (1) study whether LMX can significantly influence nurses’ job crafting and job and life satisfaction; (2) investigate whether job crafting, both individual and collaborative, can significantly influence nurses’ job and life satisfaction; (3) explore whether job crafting has any mediating effects between LMX and nurses’ job and life satisfaction. This study aimed to explore whether LMX fosters job and life satisfaction among nurses in China through the mediating effect of job crafting
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