Job Crafting: What is it good for?

This research explores the benefits that job crafting can have, not just within a company but on individuals. The research also includes studies of how different generations’ responses to this concept varies.

Andini A.G. (2019). THE EFFECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL ON WORK ENGAGEMENT WITH JOB

          CRAFTING AS A MEDIATOR VARIABLE AMONG GENERATION Y EMPLOYEES. Russian Journal of

          Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 91(7), 324-331.

         In this peer reviewed article, A.G. Andini researches the positive psychological effects that the

         process of job crafting can have on employees and how through this process they are given more

         autonomy which leads to higher engagement levels. The specific study subjects were generation Y

         employees which Andini goes on to talk about their high turnover rate, the factors which explore why

         this is, and how job crafting has helped improve it. This is an important article for our blog as it has

         scientific research backing its claims which will in turn give more credibility to our blog. The Russian

         Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences (RJOAS), is an open access journal which has

         been awarded the DOAJ seal of approval for open access journals.

Dierdorff, E. C., & Jensen, J. M. (2018). Crafting in context: Exploring when job crafting is dysfunctional for 

         performance effectiveness. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103(5), 463–477.

         This article takes an in-depth look at Job Crafting. While a new and popular method of job design,

         there is some limited evidence that it is successful. Most studies have shown mixed results. The

         focus of this article is to determine when job crafting is beneficial and when it is not. This article is

         crucial to the main topic because it really explains both sides of job crafting, which is important to a

         blog. 

Gong, B., Greenwood, R. A., Hoyte, D., Ramkissoon, A., & He, X. (2018). Millennials and organizational

         citizenship behavior. Management Research Review, 41(7), 774–788.         

         This article discusses the effect of job crafting on organizational behavior, more specifically

         organizational citizenship behavior. The structure of the study focuses on the four dimensions of OCB

         in relation to generation (millennials compared to older generations). The results of the study found

         that job crafting has a significantly higher effect on millennials. This is useful for justifying our topic

         as a currently relevant, and will likely remain so in the future. This article has been peer reviewed, and

         backed by scientific research (both internal and external). 

Ingusci, Emanuela & Callea, Antonino & Cortese, C.G. & Zito, Margherita & Borgogni, Laura & Cenciotti,

         Roberto & Signore, Fulvio & Ciavolino, Enrico & Demerouti, Evangelia. (2019). SELF-EFFICACY AND

         WORK PERFORMANCE: THE ROLE OF JOB CRAFTING IN MIDDLE-AGE WORKERS. International

         Journal of Business and Society. 20. 533-551. 

         This article supports and contributes to the Job Demands-Resources theory, that employee stress is

         caused by an imbalance of the requirements of the job and the resources provided by the employer. It

         contributes through four hypotheses that tie job crafting and self-efficacy to job performance. The

         role of organizations suggested in the article are more personal resources for employees, the

         enlargement of human resources practices specifically in personal selection and career development.

         These steps minimize levels of uncertainty and complexity within an employee’s job description. 

Oldham, G. R., & Fried, Y. (2016). Job design research and theory: Past, present and future. Organizational

          Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 136, 20–35.

         The focus of this research is to create a comprehensive analysis of how job organization was created

         from the 1800s to today. It focuses on the transition from jobs that were overly simplified and gave

         workers basic tasks to complete and become knowledgeable on one skill to jobs that account for the

         changing job market and workers growing interest in acquiring new skills. This article takes a heavy

         focus on contemporary work. Specifically, Job Crafting is an important new technique that is heavily

         analyzed.This article was very important to the main topic because it gives a general overview of all

         contemporary job design and really helps set the scene for the paper. This is most useful for the

         introduction. 

Authors:

Jenna Morrison

Cora Bern-Klug

Reid Ledgerwood

Matthew Adams

Kayla Owens