The Impact of Empowering Leadership on Job Crafting: The Mediating Effect of Intrinsic Motivation and the Moderating Effect of LMX

Abstract

Purpose - To verify the effect of empowering leadership on job crafting, the mediating effect of intrinsic motivation, and the moderating effect of LMX. Design/Methodology/Approach - Based on theoretical research, this study puts forward 3 key research hypotheses and established a research model. /Data were collected from 508 knowledge workers in China by the survey method and SPSS26.0 programs. Findings - Empowering leadership is positively related to job crafting. Intrinsic motivation serves as the mediating variable and LMX as the moderating variable effect empowering leadership and job crafting. Research Implications - organizations should emphasize empowering self-initiated leadership behaviors, and the bottom-up management method can directly promote job crafting. Managers should encourage more ways to improve the LMX