Comparison of job-crafting agility, original job crafting, and job demands–resources-model job crafting
| Aspect | Job-crafting agility | Original job crafting | Job demands-resources model job crafting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Definition | Employees’ proactively changing work environment in response to rapid changes in external environment | Employees’ proactively changing work environment to align with personal preferences, strengths, and motives | Employees’ proactively changing work environment to balance job demands and resources |
| Focus | Short-term changes | Long-term changes | Both short-term and long-term changes |
| Antecedents | Rapid changes in external environment | Employee personal preferences, strengths, and motives | Job demands and resources |
| Outcomes | Adaptation to changes, improved performance, job satisfaction | Improved job satisfaction, work engagement, and well-being | Reduced job demands, increased job resources, work engagement, and well-being |
| Emphasis | Agility and flexibility in response to changing environment | Increased meaning and work identity | Balancing job demands and resources to improve well-being and performance |
| Aspect | Job-crafting agility | Original job crafting | Job demands-resources model job crafting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employees’ proactively changing work environment in response to rapid changes in external environment | Employees’ proactively changing work environment to align with personal preferences, strengths, and motives | Employees’ proactively changing work environment to balance job demands and resources | |
| Short-term changes | Long-term changes | Both short-term and long-term changes | |
| Rapid changes in external environment | Employee personal preferences, strengths, and motives | Job demands and resources | |
| Adaptation to changes, improved performance, job satisfaction | Improved job satisfaction, work engagement, and well-being | Reduced job demands, increased job resources, work engagement, and well-being | |
| Agility and flexibility in response to changing environment | Increased meaning and work identity | Balancing job demands and resources to improve well-being and performance |
Source(s): Author’s own compilation
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