The Mediating Role of Job Crafting in the Relationship between Job Characteristics and Intrinsic Job Satisfaction among Early Childhood Teachers

Key Points

• This study aims to examine the mediating effect of job crafting between job characteristics and intrinsic job satisfaction among early childhood teachers.
• Survey conducted with 212 early childhood teachers on job characteristics, job crafting, and intrinsic job satisfaction.
• Data analyzed using Pearson correlation and mediation analysis in R 4.4.0.
• All sub-factors of job characteristics and job crafting showed significant positive correlations with intrinsic job satisfaction.
• Job crafting fully mediates the relationship between job characteristics and intrinsic job satisfaction, with cognitive crafting and curriculum crafting showing significant effects.

Abstract