OBM Research Gossip

In this conversation, Dr. Mary Lewis discusses the concept of job-crafting, emphasizing its potential to make work less aversive and enhance employee engagement. She shares personal experiences and practical strategies for cognitive, task, and relational crafting, illustrating how individuals can reshape their roles to improve motivation, reduce stress, and foster connections in the workplace.Jiang, F., Wang, H. J.,Demerouti, E., Le Blanc, P., & Bakker, A. B. (2025). A multilevel dual‐process model of leaders' proactive personalityand followers' daily job crafting. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 98(2), e70031.Wrzesniewski, A., &Dutton, J. E. (2001). Crafting a job: Revisioning employees as active craftersof their work. Academy of management review, 26(2), 179-201.Demerouti, E. (2014). Designyour own job through job crafting. European psychologist.Lu, C. Q., Wang, H. J., Lu,J. J., Du, D. Y., & Bakker, A. B. (2014). Does work engagement increaseperson–job fit? The role of job crafting and job insecurity. Journal of vocational behavior, 84(2), 142-152.Tims, M., Bakker, A. B.,& Derks, D. (2012). Development and validation of the job crafting scale. Journal of vocational behavior, 80(1), 173-186.Slemp, G. R., &Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2013). The job crafting questionnaire: a new scale tomeasure the extent to which employees engage in job crafting. International Journal of wellbeing, 3(2).

OBM Research Review 1 December 2025https://theabaobmer.my.canva.site/learn-more/#research-gossip-podcastFor a list of all research articles mentioned, you can view my linkedin Newsletter here

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