The Relationship between Job Crafting and Job Satisfaction: “Can Changes in Work Increase Satisfaction?”

In this study, the concept of job crafting, which is the subject of new research in the national literature, and the concept of job satisfaction, which is thought to be the result of job crafting, are discussed. The literature was reviewed and it was determined that there were no studies on the relationship between concepts in the national literature. Research hypothesis has been developed by taking into account international research findings. Data were collected from 198 employees of a manufacturing business in order to test the developed hypotheses. Sampling method and survey technique were used for data collection. Findings of hypothesis testing showed that the dimension of increasing structural job resources of the job crafting positively affects the job satisfaction of the employees. Decreasing hindering job demands, increasing social job resources, increasing challenging job demands were not significantly affected job satisfaction. As a result of general analyzes on job crafting, it was determined that job satisfaction level increased with the increase of job crafting behaviors. Therefore, it is determined that job crafting is an important premise of job satisfaction. The research findings were interpreted and the constraints in the research were expressed