Abstract
M.Com. (Industrial Psychology)
The objective of this study was to determine whether work engagement, job crafting and
person-job-fit are related; also, to determine whether job crafting indirectly affects personjob-
fit through work engagement. The study used a cross-sectional research design with a
quantitative research approach on a South African working sample (n=150). A biographical
questionnaire, the Person-job-fit (PJF), Job crafting (JCQ) and Utrecht Work Engagement
(UWES-9 item) instruments were used. The R program was used to carry out the statistical
analysis where structural equation modelling (SEM) was employed to assess the research
constructs. Moreover, regression analysis was applied in order to investigate the mediating
role of work engagement. The findings suggest that a relationship exists between the main
constructs of the study. The results also confirmed that work engagement mediated the
relationship between job crafting and person-job-fit. This study contributes to the literature
by emphasising the importance of using job crafting and work engagement to predict personjob-
fit in the South African context. The implication of the study is that job crafting can be
used as an effective intervention to increase work engagement, thus improving the perception
of person-job-fit among employees.