Combinations of approach and avoidance crafting matter
Linking job crafting profiles with proactive personality, autonomy, work engagement, and performance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6437360 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fangfang Zhang (0000-0003-2385-2356, Centre for Transformative Work Design, Future of Work Institute, Faculty of Business and Law Curtin University Perth Western Australia Australia), Maria Tims (0000-0002-9588-4333, Department of Management and Organization, School of Business and Economics Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam Netherlands), K Parker (0000-0002-0978-1873, Centre for Transformative Work Design, Future of Work Institute, Faculty of Business and Law Curtin University Perth Western Australia Australia) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 385-400 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Organizational Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-3796 • E-ISSN: 1099-1379 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/job.2836 |
| OpenAlex | W4402026806 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 49 |
Traditional variable‐centered job crafting research typically examines individual job crafting behaviors in isolation. This study builds upon existing person‐centered job crafting research, aiming to further validate job crafting profiles based on the job demands‐resources model. By testing profile similarity across different samples and time points, we identify three consistent job crafting profiles: proactive crafters, characterized by a high use of approach crafting and a moderate use of avoidance crafting; active crafters, who exhibit an average level of all job crafting strategies; and reactive crafters, marked by a low use of approach crafting strategies but a relatively high use of avoidance crafting. As theorized, the proactive crafters profile emerged as the most desirable, displaying the highest levels of self‐reported work engagement, task performance, and organizational citizenship behavior. This finding underscores that avoidance crafting becomes less detrimental when used alongside approach crafting. Moreover, our study reveals that proactive personality and job autonomy significantly increase the likelihood of employees being proactive crafters, offering empirical support for the notion that avoidance crafting can be an integral part of a proactive goal when combined with approach crafting
Autonomy · Personality · Political science · Proactivity · Work (physics · Work engagement · Applied Psychology · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Higher Education and Employability · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 11 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |