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Honors Theses

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Personnel management

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Job Crafting: Who And Where?, Mia Myers May 2020

Job Crafting: Who And Where?, Mia Myers

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Job crafting, a type of employee-initiated job design concerned with job tasks, relationships, and mindsets about the job, is a relatively new concept that workplaces should be looking into. Job crafting has implications for how work is conducted and in what fashion, but little research has examined what external and internal factors could influence an individual’s inclination to job craft. Using a qualitative and quantitative approach, this study examines the possible relationships among task crafting, relational crafting, organizational culture, affect, and emotional stability. This study finds that organizational culture, affect, and emotional stability do impact how much an employee feels …


Emotional Intelligence In Nonprofit Hiring Practices: A New Criterion, Monica Shubert May 2014

Emotional Intelligence In Nonprofit Hiring Practices: A New Criterion, Monica Shubert

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In the most basic sense of the concept, Emotional Intelligence (EI) is the level of ability to identify, understand, assess, and control the emotions of oneself, others, and groups. It is a concept that has received popular acclaim over the past three decades since the term was first coined. Much of the growing literature on EI is in managerial and organizational behavior fields. The primary goal of much of this literature is to determine the extent to which EI can affect workplace outcomes. Suggestions that EI has a significant impact on workplace success have led to increased interest on how …