Job Crafting Interventions

Abstract

Job crafting is a bottom-up job redesign tool that enables individuals to fit the job characteristics to their needs and preferences by seeking resources, seeking challenges, and reducing demands. This chapter describes the design of workplace interventions aimed at stimulating job crafting. It presents theoretical explanations regarding how job crafting interventions lead to desired changes for both employees and organizations. Next, it reviews existing evidence regarding the effectiveness of job crafting interventions in terms of job crafting behavior, work-related attitudes (e.g., engagement), mental health issues (e.g., emotional exhaustion), different types of job performance, and the ability to deal with organizational change. The evidence shows that the job crafting intervention is a promising tool to help organizations support and maintain employees’ well-being and (to a somewhat lesser extent) performance, even during times of organizational change. The chapter ends with several suggestions for future research and practice.