The forming mechanism of employees′ craftsman spirit from the perspective of workplace status

Abstract

Abstract: Craftsman spirit is the cornerstone of China and the spirit of the times leading China towards high-quality development. It is an urgent need for China to inherit and carry forward craftsman spirit. Craftsman spirit refers to the professional attitude of dedication and dedication, and the behavior of continuous improvement and innovation. The stimulation and promotion of employees′ craftsmanship spirit depends on their initiative, that is, employees need to love and stick to their jobs, adhere to the lean pursuit, cast good products and services, and be committed to the concept of innovation. However, the traditional idea of "he who rules lives by mental perplexity while he who is ruled lives by physical labor" is still deeply rooted. The workers who work silently often lack status and attention. As an individual′s close attention to work cognition and psychological state, workplace status can fully stimulate employees′ work enthusiasm and subjective initiative, and provide endogenous power for enterprises to achieve high quality and sustainable development. Especially in the typical collectivist social situation, employees are more vulnerable to the influence of power distance and status. In the context of Chinese culture, workplace status reflects the "social importance" of employees in the workplace and the internal consensus of the organization. Employees with high position in the workplace are often regarded as the authority and benchmark in the organization. In order to maintain their authority, they will expect to show higher craftsmanship spirit. At the same time, they get more endogenous resources and non-redundant information from the organization, and other members of the organization will voluntarily obey and give more support, which is conducive to stimulating the craftsmanship spirit of employees. Some studies have focused on the influence of talent development mode, leadership, apprenticeship and other factors on the craftsmanship spirit of employees, ignoring the important role of employees′ status perception in the workplace. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the formation mechanism of craftsmanship spirit from the perspective of workplace status.
Based on the self-concordant theory, this study explored dynamic mechanism and contingency conditions of the formation of employees ′ craftsmanship spirit, specifically the mechanism and effect of workplace status on employees ′ craftsman spirit, and then discussed the mediating effects of organization-based self-esteem and the moderating effect of job autonomy. Through the empirical test of 305 sets of leader-employee paired data, the research results show that：(1) workplace status has significantly positive effect on employees′ craftsman spirit; (2) organization-based self-esteem has a partial mediating effect between workplace status and employees′ craftsman spirit; (3) job autonomy moderates the relationship between organization-based self-esteem and employees′ craftsman spirit; (4) job autonomy moderates the indirect effect of workplace status on employees′ craftsman spirit through organization-based self-esteem.
The theoretical contribution of this paper is mainly reflected in two aspects: firstly, the study reveals the importance of workplace status in Chinese context, and expands the cultivation mechanism of employee craftsmanship spirit in organizational context by analyzing the effect path of workplace status on employee craftsmanship spirit; In addition, from the perspective of individual′s〖JP〗 pursuit of internal and external consistency, this paper focuses on the link between external factors and individual behavior of organizational self-esteem, as well as the strengthening mechanism of work autonomy as a situational variable to employee craftsmanship spirit, which provides a new idea for stimulating and strengthening employee craftsmanship spirit. The research reveals the formation mechanism of employees′ craftsmanship spirit from the perspective of workplace status, and meanwhile provides some guidance and reference for enterprises to cultivate and promote employees′ craftsmanship spirit.

Key words: workplace status, organization-based self-esteem, job autonomy, craftsman spirit

Qian Xin, Liu Shuzhen, Liu Yuanyuan. The forming mechanism of employees′ craftsman spirit from the perspective of workplace status[J]. Science Research Management, 2021, 42(9): 201-208.

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