How Psychological Safety Impacts Job Crafting: Roles of Self-Efficacy and Humble Leadership

This study investigates how psychological safety influences job crafting through self-efficacy as a mediating mechanism and humble leadership as a moderator. A three-wave design, yielding 663 accurate responses, was employed to recruit employees in the banking industry. A structural equation modeling approach and SPSS PROCESS macro were used to arrive at valid outcomes. The results demonstrate that psychological safety positively impacts self-efficacy. Self-efficacy relates positively with job crafting and mediates the association between psychological safety and job crafting. Also, humble leadership moderates and boosts the association between psychological safety, self-efficacy and job crafting. Theoretical and practical implications are offered.