Job crafting: A meta-analysis of relationships with individual differences, job characteristics, and work outcomes
verifiedrich profile · Journal of Vocational Behavior · 2017
Rudolph, Cort W.; Katz, Ian M.; Lavigne, Kristi N.; Zacher, Hannes
What this article reports
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job crafting → work engagement
job crafting → task performance
job crafting → turnover intention
job crafting → job satisfaction
Models this article informs
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job crafting correlates turnover intention
job crafting predicts burnout
job crafting predicts job satisfaction
job crafting predicts task performance
job crafting predicts work engagement
What the literature says about it
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supports “Therefore, we investigated the effects of job crafting on work engagement and job satisfaction–two of the strongest positive work outcomes of job crafting [3].”
supports “A multitude of studies have verified the positive impacts of job crafting on work-related outcomes such as job satisfaction, work engagement, and task performance (Bohnlein and Baum, 2020; Lichtenthaler and Fischbach, 2019; Rudolph et al., 2017).”
supports “Avoidance job crafting competencies will positively relate to avoidance outcomes of bored behavior and turnover intentions (Bruning & Campion, 2018; Rudolph et al., 2017).”
supports “Many findings show that job crafting has indeed positive effects on work-related outcomes such as work engagement, job satisfaction, and work performance [3], however, we still do not know a lot about the personal antecedents of job crafting in general [4] and among nurses specific.”
supports “Job crafting (Tims & Bakker, 2010; Wrzesniewski & Dutton, 2001) is associated with increased work engagement or reduced job strain (Rudolph et al., 2017), and off-job crafting is linked with better satisfaction of psychological needs, including recovery from work (Kujanpää et al., 2021, 2022) and…”
supports “In this context, a body of research has started to explore the extent to which job crafting may also benefit organizational outcomes, such as performance (Tims et al., 2015) and intention to quit (e.g. Rudolph et al., 2017).”
supports “Finally, employees’ approach job crafting has also been found to benefit organizations by enhancing individual organizational commitment(51) and reducing turnover intention.(51) Likewise, it is positively related to higher levels of task and contextual performance.”
supports “A multitude of studies have verified the positive impacts of job crafting on work-related outcomes such as job satisfaction, work engagement, and task performance (Bohnlein and Baum, 2020; Lichtenthaler and Fischbach, 2019; Rudolph et al., 2017).”
supports “Mainly, approach-oriented behavioral job crafting has been associated with beneficial performance and well-being outcomes, such as higher work engagement, task performance, and job satisfaction (Rudolph et al., 2017) or decreased exhaustion (Gordon et al., 2018).”
supports “Based on pre-pandemic studies linking crafting to health-promoting characteristics (e.g., work engagement, Rudolph et al., 2017), we suggest that crafting during the COVID-19 pandemic will be positively associated with self-rated health.”
supports “A multitude of studies have verified the positive impacts of job crafting on work-related outcomes such as job satisfaction, work engagement, and task performance (Bohnlein and Baum, 2020; Lichtenthaler and Fischbach, 2019; Rudolph et al., 2017).”
supports “Much of this growing interest is due to the substantial research showing the benefit of job crafting on individual work outcomes such as work engagement, job satisfaction, wellbeing (Rudolph et al., 2017), job performance (Bohnlein & Baum, 2020) and burnout (Lichtenthaler & Fisch-bach, 2019).”
supports “…impact of the four dimensions of job crafting on burnout instead of a composite aggregation of these dimensions, it offers scholars and practitioners more nuanced insights into how specific forms of job crafting affect employees’ burnout (Li et al. 2023; Moulik and Giri 2023; Rudolph et al. 2017).”
supports “Among the potential benefits of off-job recovery, this study focuses on job crafting, which may significantly impact job performance (e.g., Miraglia et al., 2017; Rudolph et al., 2017).”
supports “Mainly, approach-oriented behavioral job crafting has been associated with beneficial performance and well-being outcomes, such as higher work engagement, task performance, and job satisfaction (Rudolph et al., 2017) or decreased exhaustion (Gordon et al., 2018).”
supports “Mainly, approach-oriented behavioral job crafting has been associated with beneficial performance and well-being outcomes, such as higher work engagement, task performance, and job satisfaction (Rudolph et al., 2017) or decreased exhaustion (Gordon et al., 2018).”
supports “Several meta-analyses have found that job crafting has been associated with numerous health and well-being outcomes investigated in our study: job crafting was negatively associated with work-related burnout [26] and positively associated with work engagement [27] and mental well-being [28].”
supports “Promoting-focused job crafting has been shown to be positively related to job involvement and satisfaction, and negatively related to burnout, depression, and illness [7, 8].”
disputes “Rudolph et al. (2017) reported that job crafting as a set did not significantly affect turnover intention.”
supports “A meta-analytic study has confirmed a positive association between job crafting and job performance, both self-rated and rated by others (Rudolph et al., 2017).”
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