Title:
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
| dc.contributor.advisor | Sluss, David M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fan, Yifeng | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Liu, Dong | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Kim, Eugene | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Baker, Bradford | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Hartnell, Chad | |
| dc.contributor.department | Business | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-11T17:06:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-01-11T17:06:52Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2019-12 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-11-11 | |
| dc.date.submitted | December 2019 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2021-01-11T17:06:52Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
| dc.description.degree | Ph.D. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64042 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | |
| dc.subject | identity | |
| dc.subject | job crafting | |
| dc.subject | authenticity | |
| dc.title | BALANCING THE MAIN ACT AND THE SIDE HUSTLE: MULTIPLE WORK IDENTITIES AND JOB CRAFTING AT THE FULL-TIME JOB | |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.type.genre | Dissertation | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | Scheller College of Business | |
| relation.isOrgUnitOfPublication | a2f83831-ae41-4d65-82ff-c8bf95db4ffb | |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral |