JOB CRAFTING AND INTENTION TO STAY AMONG UNIVERSITY ACADEMICS: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF JOB SATISFACTION

JAKADA, Muhammad Bello
Department of Actuarial Science
Federal University Dutse
jakadamuhammadb@yahoo.com
ALIYU, Mukhtar Shehu
Department of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship
Bayero University Kano
msaliyu.bus@buk.edu.ng
ABUBAKAR, Aliyu Alhaji
Department of Business Administration
Gombe State University
ABSTRACT
Literatures suggest that job crafting as bottom-up employee-initiated job design is a contextual
resource that enhances acquisition of personal resources thus, creating resource gain spiral. Drawing
from resource gain spiral and investment of more resources features of conservation of resources
theory, this study examined the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between job
crafting and intention to stay among university academics in Nigeria. 248 university academics were
surveyed in the study. Data was analyzed via SPSS 22 and PROCESS Macro v4. The study found full
mediation effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between job crafting and UAs’ intention to
stay. The study recommends for the institutionalization of job crafting behavior to enhance UAs’
retention in Nigeria.
Key words: job crafting, job satisfaction, intention to stay, university academics, Nigeria