A contemporary view on job crafting

Job crafting involves employees making self-initiated changes to their job characteristics. This proactive behavior helps individuals adapt their job to personal and workplace changes, boosting motivation and well-being. This entry examines two main conceptual perspectives that form the basis of current job crafting research. It also explores how scholars have tried to merge these perspectives by differentiating between approach and avoidance crafting. Next, we present a brief overview of the antecedents and outcomes of job crafting. Finally, we discuss recent research introducing and examining an important social perspective on job crafting, given that job crafting likely has implications beyond the job crafter (eg, for coworkers, team members, or supervisors).