...Keri A. Pekaar; Evangelia Demerouti Purpose This study evaluates the effectiveness of a self-training intervention aimed at proactively implementing sustainability at work. Drawing on Job Demands-Resources Theory and Nudge Theory, we propose that employees who engage in job crafting, network...

...Qishan Chen; Jieying Li; Yating Chen; Jieyu Zhou; Shanshan Xing Purpose This study examines how job resources influence employee marketability. Specifically, it tests the dual mediating roles of work engagement and job crafting and the moderating role of work orientation (calling vs. job...

...Caifeng Li; Xinmei Liu; Ge An; Haizhen Wang Purpose Drawing on the perspective of the “frog pond” effect, this study examines the interactive relationship between coworker ostracism and relative leader–member exchange (RLMX) on job crafting. Moreover, we investigate how employees’ marital status...

...Aqsa Jaleel; Sajeela Rabbani; Muhammad Sarmad Purpose This research study examine the effects of workplace curiosity’s major dimensions (joyous exploration and deprivation sensitivity) on job crafting under the application of self-determination theory. The proposed relationship is further analyzed...

.... Drawing from the career construction theory, we examine the reciprocal associations of a contemporary career orientation among employees to customise one’s own career (i.e. protean career orientation) vs one’s own job (i.e. job crafting behaviours) as well as the boundary conditions due to the levels...

...Ume Rubaca; Majid Khan Purpose The study aims to examine whether job resourcefulness affects task performance through job crafting at the within-person level. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected from employees of the tour and travel firms and their supervisors. Multilevel...

...Tom L. Junker; Christine Yin Man Fong; Marjan Gorgievski; Jason C.L. Gawke; Arnold B. Bakker Purpose This study investigates when and for whom job crafting may turn into job quitting. The authors hypothesize that approach job crafting relates more positively to turnover intentions and subsequent...

...Syed Muhammad Irfan; Faisal Qadeer; Muddassar Sarfraz; Mohammed Khurrum Bhutta Purpose This paper explores critical job resources (CRJRs) as predictors of job crafting and sustainable employability. Using job demands-resources (JD-R) theory as a theoretical lens, the authors examine how job...

...Chunxiao Li; Yun Fan; Yue Zhang Purpose Based on the self-concept perspective, the purpose of this paper is to explore the process of working mothers who conduct job crafting to build new role identities and self-efficacy, which ultimately affects work-to-family enrichment. The paper further...

...Yufan Shang; Ruonan Zhao; Malika Richards Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mechanism through which stressors influence job crafting. Based on regulatory focus theory, this study explores the mediating role of work regulatory focus between the challenge-hindrance stressors...

...Alessandro Lo Presti; Beatrice van der Heijden; Jon P. Briscoe; Assunta De Rosa Purpose As the notions of protean career and job crafting share a common emphasis on self-management, proactivity and customization, this study aimed to examine if the associations between protean career, subjective...

...Huda Masood; Mark Podolsky; Marie-Helene Budworth; Stefan Karajovic Purpose The purpose of this mixed-methods study is to examine the motivational determinants and contextual antecedents of individual job crafting behaviors. Design/methodology/approach The current research uses the mixed...

...-base support may motivate employees to engage in approach job crafting behavior. Drawing upon regulatory focus theory, we propose leader secure-base support is positively associated with employee approach job crafting via employee state promotion focus. Based on cue consistency theory, we further...

...Zhonghao Wang; Jason L. Huang; Baoguo Xie Purpose The study focuses on intraindividual trajectory of job crafting change over time. Integrating the self-regulation and demands-resources perspectives, this study examines how career support from family and friends interacts with job autonomy...

...) and slow (conscious) influence processes. Fourth, employees may use social forms of proactive behavior to stay engaged in their work, including job crafting and playful work design. Finally, work engagement may spill over and enrich the family domain. The social-psychological model of work engagement shows...

...Maria Tims; Melissa Twemlow; Christine Yin Man Fong Purpose In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of Career Development International, a state-of-the-art overview of recent trends in job-crafting research was conducted. Since job crafting was introduced twenty years ago...

...Neha Garg; Wendy Murphy; Pankaj Singh Purpose Reverse mentoring and job crafting are innovative, employee-driven job resources that can lead to positive organizational outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of work engagement in mediating the association of these resources...

...Inge L. Hulshof; Evangelia Demerouti; Pascale M. Le Blanc Purpose This study examines whether job crafting is related to service-oriented task performance (i.e. performance aimed at providing high-quality services) through meaningful work and work engagement. Design/methodology/approach Data...

...Bogdan Oprea; Dragos Iliescu; Vlad Burtăverde; Miruna Dumitrache Purpose Boredom at work is associated with negative consequences, therefore it is important to investigate whether employees engage in job crafting behaviors that reduce boredom and what are the individual differences associated...

... crafting behaviors and long-term career adjustment plan. Findings The results showed that opportunity and threat perceptions were associated with one’s job crafting behavior and long-term career adjustment plan and such relationships were moderated by career adaptability and work experience relevant...