Work Family Enrichment, Job Crafting, and Work Engagement Among Married Employees: A Case in Construction Company

Abstract

Employees are expected to have a high level of work engagement. However, there are conditions that might affect the level of employee engagement, e.g. conflicts between work and family life. When an employee is married, the role of the individual is divided between being an employee and being a wife or husband which can include the role as parents. This study aims to determine the level of job crafting, work family enrichment and work engagement among married employees. Participants in this study were 226 married employee, male and female, had worked for at least 1 year in a construction company in Indonesia. Data was collected using three questionnaires used in this study, which are: the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) developed by Schaufeli, Salanova, González-Ro ma, and Bakker (2002), Work Family Enrichment Scale developed by Kacmar, Crawford, Carlson, Ferguson, and Whitten (2014), and Job Crafting Questionnaire developed by Slemp & Vella-Bodrick (2013). The results showed: 1) there is direct effect between job crafting to work family enrichment ; 2) there is direct effect between job crafting to work engagement , 3) there is direct effect between work family enrichment to work engagement , 4) there is a significant indirect effect between job crafting through work family enrichment to work engagement. This means job crafting strategies can be used by married employees to increase their engagement level.