The Role of Political Skill in Employee Avoidance Job Crafting: A Supervisor's Perspective

Avoidance job crafting refers to employees proactively changing work boundaries by reducing tasks and/or interactions with others. Although avoidance job crafting may help employees to address work demands, if noticed by others, specifically supervisors, it may trigger negative reactions from supervisors. This article tested this assumption using a dyadic supervisor-employee study (N = 141 dyads) and a scenario experiment (N = 143). The dyadic...