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Abstract

Job crafting theory is comparatively a new field of research, which describes that employees themselves alter and reshape their jobs to make their jobs more meaningful. What seems to be ignored in the job crafting research, suggested in the current literature is psychological need satisfaction (competence, relatedness and autonomy) identified by self-determination theory as job crafting determinants. This research examined the effect of psychological need satisfaction on the job crafting behavior with the mediating role of calling orientation. Cross-sectional data were collected by means of questionnaires from primary school teachers. The sample consisted of 200 participants from different public schools in Pakistan. Data was analyzes using Correlation and Regression techniques. The result indicated that calling orientation significantly mediated the relationship between psychological need satisfaction (competence, relatedness and autonomy) and job crafting.