Job crafting

A living systematic review

Short url: https://ebmgt.github.io/job-crafting/

Definitions

• "Job crafting" is "self-initiated behaviours that employees take to shape, mold, and change their jobs" (van Leeuwen, 2022)​ Another definition is, "workers actively change the actual or perceived characteristics of their jobs in order to better match the demands placed on them and the resources available" (Topa and Aranda-Carmena, 2022 PMID 36232011).
• "Collaborative job crafting" is "[workers] can jointly determine how to modify the work to meet their shared goals" (Topa and Aranda-Carmena, 2022 PMID 36232011)​
• Job crafting can be combined with "knowledge sharing", such as Googler2Googler (G2) in which the organization helps disseminate successful job crafting.

Clinical summary: This meta-analysis suggests that the effectiveness of the clinical intervention is moderate. Standarized mean differences betweeen intervention and control groups across outcomes range from 0.49 to 0.78.

Heterogeneity of results as measured by I² 'might not be important' at 0% for all analyses; however very wide confidence intervals reflect the small number of studies and subjects.

Meta-regression of common modulators (year of publication, study size, event rate in the control groups) has not been done due to the small number of studies.

This review updates previously published meta-analysis(es).(citation[s] below)

• Reconciliation of studies and conclusions with prior meta-analyses (under construction)

Acknowledgement: we acknowledge the essential work by the authors of the prior systematic review(s) listed below.

Methods overview: This repository is an openMetaAnalysis that combines methods of scoping, rapid, and living systematic reviews. This analysis updates one or more previously published review(s) below. A comparison of studies included in this review compared to prior reviews are in the table, reconciliation of trials included with prior meta-analyses/. Newer studies included are listed in the references below. Rationale for newer trials excluded may be listed at the end of the references.

• Methods for openMetaAnalysis
• Evidence search for this review (under construction)

Results: Details of the studies included are in the:

• Reconciliation of studies and conclusions with prior meta-analyses (under construction)
• Description of studies (PICO table) (under construction)
• Risk of bias assessment (under construction)
• Forest plots (spreadsheets with source data)

The forest plot for the primary outcomes are below. Additional forest plots of secondary analyses may be available.

The meta-regression for the primary outcomes are below. Additional meta-regressions of secondary analyses may be available. (under construction)

The GRADE Profile is below (under construction).

References:

Systematic review(s)

Most recent review at time of last revision of this repository

1. Björk JM, Bolander P, Forsman AK. Bottom-Up Interventions Effective in Promoting Work Engagement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Front Psychol. 2021;12:730421. PMID: 34566819
2. Cohen C, Pignata S, Bezak E, Tie M, Childs J. Workplace interventions to improve well-being and reduce burnout for nurses, physicians and allied healthcare professionals: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2023 Jun 29;13(6):e071203. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071203. PMID: 37385740.
3. Oprea BT, Barzin L, Vîrgă D, Iliescu D, Rusu A. Effectiveness of job crafting interventions: a meta-analysis and utility analysis. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. 2019 Nov 2;28(6):723–741. doi: 10.1080/1359432X.2019.1646728 we have limited our review to studies within this review that were in a healthcare setting
4. Devotto RP, Wechsler SM. Job Crafting Interventions: Systematic Review. Temas Psicol. 2019;27(2):371–383. DOI: 10.9788/TP2019.2-06
5. Rudolph CW, Katz IM, Lavigne KN, Zacher H. Job crafting: A meta-analysis of relationships with individual differences, job characteristics, and work outcomes. Journal of vocational behavior. 2017 Oct 1;102:112-38. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2017.05.008 The authors did not have any studies from healthcare

Randomized controlled trials or quasi-experimental studies

New studies not included in the most recent review above

1. Gordon HJ, Demerouti E, Le Blanc PM, Bakker AB, Bipp T, Verhagen MAMT. Individual job redesign: Job crafting interventions in healthcare. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 2018 Feb;104:98–114. doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2017.07.002 We extracted emotional exhaustion results from the original trial as this outcome was not reported by Oprea

Studies included in the review above

1. Gordon HJ, Demerouti E, Le Blanc PM, Bakker AB, Bipp T, Verhagen MAMT. Individual job redesign: Job crafting interventions in healthcare. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 2018 Feb;104:98–114. doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2017.07.002
2. Van Wingerden JV, Bakker AB, Derks D. A test of a job demands-resources intervention. Journal of Managerial Psychology. 2016 Apr 11;31(3):686–701. doi: 10.1108/JMP-03-2014-0086

Trial(s) undergoing review

1. van Leeuwen EH, Knies E, van Rensen ELJ, Taris TW. Stimulating Employability and Job Crafting Behaviour of Physicians: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 6;19(9):5666. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095666. PMID: 35565061. Outcome measures usable?
2. El-Gazar HE, Abdelhafez S, Ibrahim N, Shawer M, Zoromba MA. Effect of Job Crafting Intervention Program on Harmonious Work Passion and Career Commitment among Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Mrayyan MT, editor. Journal of Nursing Management. 2023 Jul 13;2023:1–14. DOI: 10.1155/2023/9623866

Trial(s) excluded - selected list of important trial(s)

1. Kooij D, van Woerkom M, Wilkenloh J, Dorenbosch L, Denissen J. A Job Crafting Intervention Study: Increasing Person-Job Fit of Aging Workers. The Gerontologist. 2016 Nov 1;56(Suppl_3):295. DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnw162.1201 Not in healthcare delivery
2. Kooij DTAM, van Woerkom M, Wilkenloh J, Dorenbosch L, Denissen JJA. Job crafting towards strengths and interests: The effects of a job crafting intervention on person-job fit and the role of age. J Appl Psychol. 2017 Jun;102(6):971-981. doi: 10.1037/apl0000194. PMID: 28277726. Not in healthcare delivery
3. Kuijpers E, Kooij DTAM, van Woerkom M. Align your job with yourself: The relationship between a job crafting intervention and work engagement, and the role of workload. J Occup Health Psychol. 2020 Feb;25(1):1–16. PMID: 31829662 Study results presented as correlations rather than effect sizes
4. Pérez-Marqués M, Letona-Ibañez O, Amillano A, Carrasco M, Martínez-Rodríguez S. Effects of three personal resources interventions on employees’ burnout. Sci Rep. 2023 Dec 6;13(1):21530. PMCID: PMC10700343 No results for healthcare sites
5. Sakuraya A, Shimazu A, Imamura K, Kawakami N. Effects of a Job Crafting Intervention Program on Work Engagement Among Japanese Employees: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Front Psychol. 2020;11:235. PMCID: PMC7047874 No results for healthcare sites
6. Topa G, Aranda-Carmena M. Job Crafting in Nursing: Mediation between Work Engagement and Job Performance in a Multisample Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 5;19(19):12711. PMCID: PMC9566469 Study results presented as correlations rather than effect sizes
7. Dyrbye LN, West CP, Richards ML, Ross HJ, Satele D, Shanafelt TD. A randomized, controlled study of an online intervention to promote job satisfaction and well-being among physicians. Burnout Research. 2016 Sep 1;3(3):69-75. The intervention was not job crafting but focused more on exercises to build resiliency
8. Dubbelt L, Demerouti E, Rispens S. The value of job crafting for work engagement, task performance, and career satisfaction: longitudinal and quasi-experimental evidence. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. 2019 May 4;28(3):300-14.No results for healthcare sites
9. Van den Heuvel M, Demerouti E, Peeters MC. The job crafting intervention: Effects on job resources, self‐efficacy, and affective well‐being. Journal of occupational and organizational psychology. 2015 Sep;88(3):511-32. DOI: [10.1111/joop.12128(http://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12128).No results for healthcare sites
10. Wang H, Li P, Chen S. The Impact of Social Factors on Job Crafting: A Meta-Analysis and Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Oct 30;17(21):8016. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17218016. PMID: 33143286; PMCID: PMC7662365. No results for outcomes of job crdafting.

Systematic review(s) excluded - selected list of important review(s)

1. Holman D, Escaffi‐Schwarz M, Vasquez CA, Irmer JP, Zapf D. Does job crafting affect employee outcomes via job characteristics? A meta‐analytic test of a key job crafting mechanism. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. 2024 Mar;97(1):47-73. No results for healthcare sites

Systematic review(s) undergoing review.

1. Lai AY, Wee KZ, Frimpong JA. Proactive behaviors and health care workers: A systematic review. Health Care Manage Rev. 2024 Jul-Sep 01;49(3):239-251. doi: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000409. Epub 2024 May 17. PMID: 38757911.

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