The public sector requires job crafting from employees so that they can better cope with overdemanding jobs due to layer upon layer of public management reforms. Simultaneously, however, red tape and austerity constrain job autonomy. This study therefore tests how job crafting can be fostered in public organizations by studying social resources at work and, specifically, empowering leadership and social support. Multilevel analyses based on survey data from 1,059 nurses in 67 public elderly care organizations in Flanders, Belgium, show that empowering leadership and social support contribute to job crafting and, simultaneously, strengthen each other’s contribution. Additional analyses showed that empowering leadership, social support, as well as their interaction have differential relations vis-à-vis the different dimensions of job crafting. The implications for public management are discussed.

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增强公共组织的领导能力，社会支持和工作技巧：多层次研究

公共部门需要员工精心设计工作，以便通过分层的公共管理改革更好地应对需求过高的工作。同时，繁文tape节和紧缩措施限制了工作自治。因此，本研究通过研究工作中的社会资源，尤其是增强领导能力和社会支持，测试了如何在公共组织中促进工作制定。基于比利时法兰德斯67个公共老年护理组织中1,059名护士的调查数据进行的多层次分析显示，赋予领导才能和社会支持权能促进工作制定，同时又能互相促进。进一步的分析表明，赋予领导才能，社会支持以及他们之间的互动与工作创造的不同维度有着不同的关系。