The double-edged sword of personality in shaping craftsmanship spirit: an investigation of conscientiousness and openness to experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Craftsmanship is associated with various positive outcomes at both individual and organizational level, and thus has attracted scholarly attention on examining its antecedents. While craftsmanship can be shaped by both contextual factors and personal traits, existing research has dominantly focused on the former, leaving the latter less examined. Such a lack of examination limits our understanding of craftsmanship in workplace.

Objective

Following the view that individuals' intrinsic desire to do the job as the core of craftsmanship, we define craftsmanship spirit (CS) as an individual's psychological state of feeling competent, transcendent, and valuable during work, which evolves as an individual's skills and knowledge expand. We then draw on the classic

SUBMITTER: Li Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10866028 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature