Abstract: In recent years, the turbulent global environment and frequent public crises have caused many uncertainties in the work and life of employees, affecting the acquisition and utilization of their resources. Therefore, the resources crafting in specific social situations is particularly important. Based on the cognitive appraisal theory, this paper focuses on the perspective of resource, adopts the methods of linear regression and structural equation model, and explores the impact of employees’ uncertainty perception on resource crafting through different ways. The results show that uncertainty perception positively affects avoidant resource crafting through threat appraisal, and on the other hand, it affects approaching resource crafting through challenge appraisal in a turbulent social environment. Furthermore, job remodeling self-efficacy (JCSE), as a key cognitive resource, moderates the relationship between uncertainty perception and threat appraisal and challenge appraisal. This paper reveals the antecedents and process mechanisms of two resource crafting in the current turbulent and changeable social environment, and provides important reference for organizational intervention in employee resource crafting under the pressure of uncertainty.

Key words: uncertainty, cognitive appraisal, approach resource crafting, avoidance resource crafting, job crafting self-efficacy