Abstract:
Job crafting and employee engagement are dynamic and innovative concepts in this
domain that gained importance in recent years. This study assesses the impact of job
crafting on employee engagement, reference to statistical officers at the Department of
Census and Statistics. The study gathered qualitative data from twenty-five statistical
officers who were selected randomly covering nine provinces of Sri Lanka. Ninety-eight
per cent of the participants underscore the substantial influence of job crafting on
employee engagement, highlighting its positive contributions to commitment,
autonomy, job performance, job satisfaction, and innovation. The implications of these
findings are twofold: first policymakers can shape the strategies to enhance human
resource development within the public sector, and second, academically contribute to
raising the body of existing knowledge and awareness of job crafting and its impact on
work engagement. Furthermore, there are certain limitations coupled with this study.
Specifically, data collection was confined to a singular designation within a single
institution
