Job crafting and sustainable work performance: A systematic literature review

• Authors: Zoltán Rózsa , Andrea Folvarčná , Jakub Holúbek , Zuzana Veselá

Abstracts

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Research background: Job crafting based on individual initiative represents a new form of work design, supporting stability in increasing work performance. In many cases, this method proves to be an effective way of increasing employees' work engagement, mainly because of the mediated autonomy in their work performance and the greater meaningfulness that results from it. The basis of job crafting is employee support, which initiates working behavior focused on proactivity in creating and adapting work to the subjective requirements of the employee's individuality. The available literature highlights various approaches that mediate individual topics, with which companies try to stimulate employee behavior, the expected result of which is job crafting, which leads to an increase in work performance. Purpose of the article: The goal of the study is to identify current research directions in the field of job crafting, specifically in relation to increasing work performance. Methods: The Web of Science database was used to identify the main directions of research in the relevant literature. Research was directed at peer-reviewed articles published in journals indexed in SSCI as Q1 and Q2. The resulting number of articles was identified based on the PRISMA selection method. Findings & value added: By analyzing the literary sources, we have identified 4 important research topics that the authors of the scientific articles addressed. The most widespread topic was work engagement and its influence on job crafting. In the second topic, the authors addressed the issue of how job crafting supports the meaningfulness of work. The third research topic that the authors addressed was job crafting as a factor of employee autonomy. The fourth theme identified was the influence of leadership and management support on job-crafting behavior. The paper offers the reader a systematic and clear list of available quality resources that can help them in their personal research related to job crafting and work performance. In addition, the results of our research may be useful for companies trying to improve the work performance of their employees.

Keywords

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employee motivation; sustainable work; job crafting; performance; work engagement; work performance; autonomy; leadership; literature review

• Publisher: Instytut Badań Gospodarczych
• Journal: Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 717-750

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

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Zoltán Rózsa

• Alexander Dubcek University of Trencin

• https://orcid.org/0000000257485702

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Andrea Folvarčná

• Pan-European University

• https://orcid.org/0000000278483706

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Jakub Holúbek

• Alexander Dubcek University of Trencin

• https://orcid.org/0000000189384992

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Zuzana Veselá

• Pan-European University

• https://orcid.org/0000000317371310

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Identifiers

DOI

10.24136/eq.2023.023

Biblioteka Nauki

22397858