title: Job Crafting, Employee Well-being, and Quality of Care.
abstract: The main objective is to study the effects of job crafting activities of elder care and nursing home employees on their perceived well-being and quality of care in two European countries, Spain and Sweden. The Job Crafting, the General Health, and the Quality of Care questionnaires were administered to 530 employees. Correlations and hierarchical regression analyses were performed. Results confirm the effects of job crafting on quality of care ( r = .291, p < .01; β = .261, p < .01; Δ R2= .065, p < .01) and employees' well-being ( r = .201, p < .01; β = .171, p < .01; Δ R2= .028, p < .01). A positive linear relationship was found between job crafting and well-being in Spain and Sweden and with quality of care in Spain. On the contrary, in Sweden, the relationship between job crafting and well-being was not linear. Job crafting contributes significantly to employees' and residents' well-being. Management should promote job crafting to co-create meaningful and productive work. Cultural effects are proposed to explain the differences found.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yepes-Baldó
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romeo
authors.affiliation: 2 Umeå universitet, Sweden.
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Westerberg
authors.affiliation: 2 Umeå universitet, Sweden.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nordin
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013030:Spain; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: employee well-being; job crafting; nursing home; quality of health care