...Mukaddes Yeşilkaya; Tayfun Yıldız Purpose The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of optimistic expectations on job satisfaction at work and whether job crafting behaviour plays a mediating role in this effect. At the same time, this model presents the need for “expectation management...

...Juan Carlos Morales-Solis; Jiatian (JT) Chen; Douglas R. May; Catherine E. Schwoerer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the role of task, relational and cognitive job crafting on the relationship between resiliency and meaningfulness in work. Design/methodology/approach This study...

... aims to explain the intervening role of job crafting by conceptualising it as a behavioural mechanism that employees engage in to increase their functioning. Besides, this study examines initiative climate as a contextual factor that shapes this intervening mechanism. Design/methodology/approach...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Job crafting Meaningful work God Spiritism doctrine Calling/vocation Meaningfulness work Researchers have intensively examined the nuances of the multifaceted construct of the meaning of work (MOW). Such an effort makes sense...

...Newton Melo; Débora Dourado; Jackeline Andrade Purpose This paper aims to present a model of how cognitive and behavioral crafting practices relate, reconciling the two dominant and conflicting job crafting theoretical perspectives. Design/methodology/approach Starting by examining the role...

...Xiaojun Li; Yoshiaki Takao The current study examined four social characteristics as antecedents of job crafting behaviors. The moderating effects of neuroticism were explored as well. By conducting a three-wave survey, the authors received a sample of 253 full-time incumbents in Japan. The data...

...Mohammed Yasin Ghadi 25 05 2017 29 06 2017 16 10 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Job crafting is recently argued to have five dimensions (Nielsen et al., 2017): increasing challenging...

... environments. Findings – It is proposed that job crafting is a sensemaking tool – enabled by empowerment – for individuals to make sense of the internal environment of the organization; and strategy crafting is a sensemaking tool – enabled by organizational learning – for organizations to make sense...