Career competencies and job crafting: How proactive employees influence their well-being

Judith Plomp is a PhD Candidate at the Amsterdam Business Research Institute (ABRI). She holds a MSc Degree in Organizational Psychology from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research focus encompasses topics within the domains of organizational behavior and HRM. More specifically, she examines how employees in the contemporary organizational environment use proactive behaviors to optimize both their work- and career-related outcomes. In addition, she is interested in the differences between permanent and temporary employees concerning motivation, job crafting behaviors, work engagement, and career development.

Maria Tims is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of the VU Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In her research, she focuses on job crafting, employee well-being and performance, and social dynamics in (project) teams. She uses different quantitative and qualitative research methods in her studies. Tims has publications in, for example, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, and Applied Psychology: An International Review.

Jos Akkermans is an Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior at the VU Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His main research interests focus on career development, employability, school-to-work transition, and employee well-being. He has published about these topics in high profile journals such as Journal of Vocational Behavior, Human Resource Management, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, and Applied Psychology: An International Review. Jos is a Board Member of the Netherlands Foundation for Management Development, he is the current Newsletter Editor of the Academy of Management Careers Division, and he is an active Reviewer for many international peer-reviewed journals.

Svetlana N. Khapova is a Professor of Careers and Organization Studies and Scientific Director of Amsterdam Business Research Institute at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She is Past Division Chair of the Careers Division of the Academy of Management. Her research concerns contemporary issues in work and careers, and was published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocation Behavior, Human Relations, Career Development International, and many others. Her new book An Intelligent Career: Taking Ownership of Your Work and Your Life (Oxford University Press) co-authored with M.B. Arthur and J. Richardson, and will appear in 2017.

Paul G.W. Jansen is a Professor of Industrial Psychology, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He has published over 60 scholarly articles and chapters, and (co)edited 18 books. Paul G.W. Jansen is one of the Founders, and current Board Member of the “HRM Network NL.” His research interests are in management development, careers, assessment (e.g. assessment centers, 360-graden feedback) and performance management. Publications in, for example, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Psychometrika, Applied Psychological Measurement, Journal of Organizational and Occupational Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Journal of Management Studies.

Arnold B. Bakker, PhD, is a Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology and the Director of the Center of Excellence for Positive Organizational Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He is also distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and Adjunct Professor at the Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Dr Bakker is Past President of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology. He is interested in work engagement, job crafting, and job performance. Dr Bakker is Editor of Current Issues in Work and Organizational Psychology (Psychology Press), and Advances in Positive Organizational Psychology (Emerald).