The Impact of Perceived Organizational Support on Knowledge Workers’ Career Calling: The Roles of Job Crafting and Prosocial Motivation

Zixiao Huang

doi:10.54097/0z2a1h15

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Zixiao Huang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/0z2a1h15

Keywords:

Perceived Organizational Support, Career Calling, Job Crafting, Prosocial Motivation, Knowledge Workers

Abstract

Drawing on self-determination theory and social exchange theory, this study focuses on knowledge workers to investigate the mechanism through which perceived organizational support influences career calling. A moderated mediation model was constructed, with job crafting as the mediator and prosocial motivation as the moderator. Data were collected via questionnaires from 331 knowledge workers. The results indicate that: (1) Perceived organizational support has a significant positive influence on the career calling of knowledge workers. (2) Job crafting plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between perceived organizational support and career calling. (3) Prosocial motivation positively moderates the relationship between perceived organizational support and job crafting. (4) Prosocial motivation positively moderates the mediating effect of job crafting on the link between perceived organizational support and career calling. This research provides a new perspective on the mechanisms of how perceived organizational support impacts career calling and offers practical insights for enterprises to optimize the management of knowledge workers.

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