Job Crafting

Abstract

Job crafting captures proactive behaviors that individuals engage in to redesign their own jobs in an effort to make it more meaningful and to increase their identification with the work. This entry reviews what is known about job crafting, why people engage in it, and the individual and organizational factors that drive it. It also considers the proposed outcomes of job crafting and suggests that further research is required to establish models of job crafting and to inform managers on how best to facilitate it, manage it, and ensure that it results in positive outcomes for both employees and their organizations.