{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4229079322","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/itp-08-2020-0563","title":"Does IT matter for work meaningfulness?: Exploring the mediating role of job crafting","display_name":"Does IT matter for work meaningfulness?: Exploring the mediating role of job crafting","publication_year":2022,"publication_date":"2022-01-19","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4229079322","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/itp-08-2020-0563"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1108/itp-08-2020-0563","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/itp-08-2020-0563","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/itp-08-2020-0563","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S185256354","display_name":"Information Technology and People","issn_l":"0959-3845","issn":["0959-3845","1758-5813"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","fnege-2","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Information Technology & People","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://repository.tilburguniversity.edu/bitstreams/bbeff96d-1c33-4bd6-99e8-d0bb292e9791/download","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5055530008","display_name":"Mengxi Xu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4820-6767","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4820-6767"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210149618","display_name":"Guangdong University of Finance","ror":"https://ror.org/04grzdh47","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210149618"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mengxi Xu","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of International Programs, Guangdong University of Finance, Guangzhou, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4820-6767","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of International Programs, Guangdong University of Finance, Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210149618"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5040033388","display_name":"Wei Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2968-4843","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2968-4843"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I159948400","display_name":"Jinan University","ror":"https://ror.org/02xe5ns62","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I159948400"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wei Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Business Administration, School of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2968-4843","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Business Administration, School of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I159948400"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5048516435","display_name":"Carol Xiaojuan Ou","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8190-4009","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8190-4009"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I193700539","display_name":"Tilburg University","ror":"https://ror.org/04b8v1s79","country_code":"NL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I193700539"]}],"countries":["NL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Carol Xiaojuan Ou","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Management, School of Economics and Management, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8190-4009","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Management, School of Economics and Management, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I193700539"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102844618","display_name":"Baoxiang Song","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7549-5883","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7549-5883"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I131434179","display_name":"Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine","ror":"https://ror.org/04523zj19","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I131434179"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Baoxiang Song","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Health Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7549-5883","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Health Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I131434179"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.3082,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":18,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.91613425,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"36","issue":"1","first_page":"313","last_page":"331"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10006","display_name":"Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior","score":0.9125999808311462,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10006","display_name":"Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior","score":0.9125999808311462,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13585","display_name":"Technostress in Professional Settings","score":0.034699998795986176,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11024","display_name":"Information Systems Theories and Implementation","score":0.014000000432133675,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/meaningful-work","display_name":"meaningful work","score":0.8650000095367432},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/job-crafting","display_name":"job crafting","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/employee-well-being","display_name":"employee well-being","score":0.5979999899864197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/chinese-workers","display_name":"Chinese employees","score":0.5799999833106995}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.6272553205490112},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776291640","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2912517","display_name":"Value (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.5839595794677734},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779732396","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2207288","display_name":"Craft","level":2,"score":0.5746411681175232},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776950860","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2914681","display_name":"Originality","level":3,"score":0.5606337189674377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.5328153967857361},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C183003079","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1000371","display_name":"Personalization","level":2,"score":0.5016841888427734},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121017731","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11661","display_name":"Information technology","level":2,"score":0.4640820026397705},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2718322","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q629463","display_name":"Job satisfaction","level":2,"score":0.4599015712738037},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139140526","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8034614","display_name":"Job design","level":4,"score":0.44912010431289673},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90734943","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17008777","display_name":"Conceptualization","level":2,"score":0.4423511326313019},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.3901923894882202},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.35447150468826294},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C174954385","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6206740","display_name":"Job performance","level":3,"score":0.3146616816520691},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.29758158326148987},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.2515947222709656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.20185795426368713},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11012388","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170658","display_name":"Creativity","level":2,"score":0.18979546427726746},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.12648749351501465},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1108/itp-08-2020-0563","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/itp-08-2020-0563","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/itp-08-2020-0563","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S185256354","display_name":"Information Technology and People","issn_l":"0959-3845","issn":["0959-3845","1758-5813"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","fnege-2","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Information Technology & People","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:tiu:tiutis:53be7105-cc88-4dee-a738-ba3fda829a8d","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://repository.tilburguniversity.edu/bitstreams/bbeff96d-1c33-4bd6-99e8-d0bb292e9791/download","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"preprint"},{"id":"pmh:oai:tilburguniversity.edu:openaire/53be7105-cc88-4dee-a738-ba3fda829a8d","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://repository.tilburguniversity.edu/bitstreams/bbeff96d-1c33-4bd6-99e8-d0bb292e9791/download","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401490","display_name":"Research portal (Tilburg University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I193700539","host_organization_name":"Tilburg University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I193700539"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Xu, M, Wang, W, Ou, C & Song, B 2023, 'Does IT matter for work meaningfulness?: Exploring the\u00a0mediating role of job crafting', Information Technology & People, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 313-331. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-08-2020-0563","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},{"id":"pmh:uvt:oai:tilburguniversity.edu:publications/53be7105-cc88-4dee-a738-ba3fda829a8d","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/publications/53be7105-cc88-4dee-a738-ba3fda829a8d","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401843","display_name":"Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1322597698","host_organization_name":"Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1322597698"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Information Technology & People, 36(1), 313 - 331. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:tilburguniversity.edu:openaire/53be7105-cc88-4dee-a738-ba3fda829a8d","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://repository.tilburguniversity.edu/bitstreams/bbeff96d-1c33-4bd6-99e8-d0bb292e9791/download","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401490","display_name":"Research portal (Tilburg University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I193700539","host_organization_name":"Tilburg University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I193700539"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Xu, M, Wang, W, Ou, C & Song, B 2023, 'Does IT matter for work meaningfulness?: Exploring the\u00a0mediating role of job crafting', Information Technology & People, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 313-331. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-08-2020-0563","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8","score":0.833299994468689}],"study_designs":[{"display_name":"Observational Study","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":62,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1171508543","https://openalex.org/W1570850622","https://openalex.org/W1595000839","https://openalex.org/W1595444319","https://openalex.org/W1787277354","https://openalex.org/W1874663051","https://openalex.org/W1932740793","https://openalex.org/W1949230787","https://openalex.org/W1955848652","https://openalex.org/W1974523358","https://openalex.org/W1976717785","https://openalex.org/W1990302928","https://openalex.org/W2009441266","https://openalex.org/W2011160797","https://openalex.org/W2014906253","https://openalex.org/W2020701663","https://openalex.org/W2023263263","https://openalex.org/W2037655883","https://openalex.org/W2042623444","https://openalex.org/W2059458595","https://openalex.org/W2060028503","https://openalex.org/W2083930995","https://openalex.org/W2085479960","https://openalex.org/W2096964374","https://openalex.org/W2105723039","https://openalex.org/W2106096361","https://openalex.org/W2109528448","https://openalex.org/W2110448961","https://openalex.org/W2113953571","https://openalex.org/W2116951555","https://openalex.org/W2122912498","https://openalex.org/W2126877580","https://openalex.org/W2135255056","https://openalex.org/W2145333205","https://openalex.org/W2150681358","https://openalex.org/W2154843660","https://openalex.org/W2157859140","https://openalex.org/W2157995238","https://openalex.org/W2158402168","https://openalex.org/W2160505695","https://openalex.org/W2163890885","https://openalex.org/W2175531834","https://openalex.org/W2191832878","https://openalex.org/W2194869045","https://openalex.org/W2245767653","https://openalex.org/W2297307240","https://openalex.org/W2344861938","https://openalex.org/W2529262344","https://openalex.org/W2529619024","https://openalex.org/W2551445570","https://openalex.org/W2565743042","https://openalex.org/W2611555263","https://openalex.org/W2732563758","https://openalex.org/W2763518769","https://openalex.org/W2889173650","https://openalex.org/W2890112805","https://openalex.org/W2908969206","https://openalex.org/W2975400391","https://openalex.org/W4212838134","https://openalex.org/W4235678817","https://openalex.org/W6756547250","https://openalex.org/W6776530013"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2891822802","https://openalex.org/W3045964901","https://openalex.org/W6944618341","https://openalex.org/W3185806378","https://openalex.org/W2964965212","https://openalex.org/W2941635597","https://openalex.org/W7038570116","https://openalex.org/W4387325896","https://openalex.org/W7001482121","https://openalex.org/W7221492447"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Purpose":[0],"This":[1,17,76,157],"study":[2,18,77,158],"aims":[3],"to":[4,51,56,63,72,114,124,130,145],"investigate":[5],"how":[6],"technology":[7,36,44,47],"characteristics":[8,42],"facilitate":[9],"employees'":[10],"work":[11,57,105,116,125,155,170],"meaningfulness":[12],"through":[13],"job":[14,96,131,152,161],"crafting.":[15,97],"Design/methodology/approach":[16],"applies":[19],"the":[20,31,67,79,90,138,147,164],"survey":[21],"method":[22],"and":[23,46,154,169],"collects":[24],"data":[25],"from":[26],"357":[27],"Chinese":[28],"participants":[29],"with":[30],"experience":[32],"of":[33,82,141,149],"using":[34],"information":[35],"(IT)":[37],"at":[38],"work.":[39],"Findings":[40],"Technology":[41],"(i.e.":[43],"reconfigurability":[45],"customization)":[48],"enable":[49],"employees":[50],"craft":[52],"their":[53],"jobs,":[54],"contributing":[55],"meaningfulness.":[58,117,126,156,171],"Research":[59],"limitations/implications":[60],"It":[61,107],"remains":[62],"be":[64,70],"seen":[65],"whether":[66],"findings":[68],"can":[69],"generalized":[71],"other":[73],"cultural":[74],"contexts.":[75],"justifies":[78],"positive":[80],"effects":[81],"IT":[83,91,100,119,142,150,168],"but":[84],"does":[85],"not":[86,102],"take":[87],"into":[88],"consideration":[89],"factors":[92],"that":[93,160],"might":[94],"thwart":[95],"Practical":[98],"implications":[99],"is":[101,108,163],"merely":[103],"a":[104,109],"tool.":[106],"contextual":[110],"component":[111],"strongly":[112],"conducive":[113],"cultivating":[115],"However,":[118],"itself":[120],"cannot":[121],"directly":[122],"lead":[123],"Instead,":[127],"its":[128],"contribution":[129],"crafting":[132,153,162],"matters.":[133],"Originality/value":[134],"The":[135],"literature":[136],"on":[137],"downstream":[139],"impact":[140],"has":[143],"yet":[144],"consider":[146],"value":[148],"for":[151],"verifies":[159],"linking":[165],"mechanism":[166],"between":[167]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-22T18:32:59.640997","created_date":"2022-05-08T00:00:00"}