JOB crafting ?

WHAT IS THIS RESEARCH CONSTRUCT - AND ITS DIMENSIONS

job crafting?

Job crafting is considered as an art as it helps to enhance the resilience power of the you along with an increase in job satisfaction and engagement in the workplace.

The principles of job crafting remain deeply relevant in a world where job structure is rapidly changing, putting more and more responsibility on the individual for the experience and engagement in their work. While organizations cannot customize its job to each individual and teams, Job Crafting brings opportunities to build the kinds of task, relational, and cognitive landscapes that bring meaning to your work.

Do you find purpose and meaning while you work, do you feel engaged?

No organization can customize all its jobs to align to each individual's to their Passion and Skills.

But individuals can get there with Job Crafting.

Job Crafting captures the redesigning that individuals do to their own jobs (aspects of the tasks, relationships, and the purpose of ones job), in ways that can foster job satisfaction, as well as engagement, resilience and flourishing at work.

.1 > purpose crafting

Changing the way an individual thinks about the purpose of their tasks, relationships, or the job as a whole in

Finding purposes aligned to self - (Passion and Skills) ; in order to attach more meaning to work.

Developing a "calling" orientation: By seeing their work as a calling, employees can find more motivation, even when facing difficult situations. A janitor sees her role as the 'Guardian of First Impression at the property;
So, adding a layer of purpose helps them to go above and beyond their basic duties and thrive with meaning

.2 > tasks crafting

Changes that an individual makes to the activities/ tasks in the job, (either the type or amount of work, how and what they do)

A housekeeper instead of just cleaning - tweaks the task into creative way by decorating cleaned rooms and create a memorable space for guests. Employees change how they approach their duties and tasks.
Tweaking ways task are done to make it engaging for self leading to customer delight. Sometimes it can be over and above their existing deliverables it can be a task learning to handle a new type of guest request.

.3 > relations crafting

Altering the control of an individual over the people at work they interact with (forging new interdepartmental relationships/ tasks)

Meaningfully Curating relations at work which helps better engagement.
A frontline staff can proactively build stronger relationships with customers to better understand their needs and provide more personalized service.
Seeking support: Employees can reach out to colleagues to and for help and support to better navigate challenges and develop new skills

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