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BALANCING THE MAIN ACT AND THE SIDE HUSTLE: MULTIPLE WORK IDENTITIES AND JOB CRAFTING AT THE FULL-TIME JOB
BALANCING THE MAIN ACT AND THE SIDE HUSTLE: MULTIPLE WORK IDENTITIES AND JOB CRAFTING AT THE FULL-TIME JOB
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Fan, Yifeng
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Sluss, David M.
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Due to the changing employment landscape, more people are seeking their own “side hustles” (side jobs beyond the full-time job), out of a concern for financial security or a yearning for more meaning in work. However, we know rather little about whether this new type of employment arrangement could affect employees at their full-time job. Identity Theory helps explain people’s behaviors based on the roles they play in the social structure, and thus lends itself naturally to address this gap. In this study, I examine how organizational members’ work identity enhancement between the full-time job and the side job influences their job crafting behaviors at the full-time job. More specifically, I argue that authenticity will mediate this effect, and that workers’ identification with the full-time job will strengthen the indirect relationship. The result indicated that identity enhancement is positively associated with aspirational job crafting. However, authenticity did not mediate the relationship, and, as a result, identification with the full-time job did not moderate this non-significant relationship. Alternative models show that psychological capital holds promise in mediating the relationship between identity enhancement and aspirational job crafting. Furthermore, I found a negative relationship between identity conflict and aspirational job crafting through authenticity. The moderating role of identification with the full-time job received mixed support from alternative models. I discuss the implications in regard to theory and measurement issues. I propose several future research directions that may help further examine the relationships with more nuance.
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2019-11-11
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