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Product Identifiers

PublisherEmerald Publishing The Limited

ISBN-101838672222

ISBN-139781838672225

eBay Product ID (ePID)16038388619

Product Key Features

Number of Pages184 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameJob Crafting : the Art of Redesigning a Job

Publication Year2019

SubjectHuman Resources & Personnel Management, Careers / General, Organizational Behavior, General, Management

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBusiness & Economics

AuthorDavide De Gennaro

SeriesEmerald Points Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight7.2 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2019-303229

ReviewsThe author describes the theory and research on the process of individual job redesign aimed at better shaping a job to an employee's interests, abilities, and needs and creating better results in terms of engagement, satisfaction, motivation, performance, and positive thinking. He discusses the characteristics and definitions of job crafting, the historical background on theories of job crafting, meta-analyses and meta-syntheses on job crafting, and current research and future perspectives.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal658.3

Table Of ContentChapter 1. Introduction to job crafting Chapter 2. Historical background Chapter 3. Meta-analyses and meta-syntheses on job crafting Chapter 4. Current research and future perspectives Chapter 5. Conclusions

SynopsisThe proactive behavior of job crafting is intended to better align a job with the individual's personal characteristics, knowledge, skills, and abilities. This book provides a uniform conceptual framework on this area of study and demonstrates how its practice results in a more meaningful and satisfying work experience., Although most jobs are initially designed by managers, employees also play an important role in this phase through a proactive behavior called 'job crafting'. It describes a bottom-up approach that consists of customizing and modifying structural, relational, and cognitive aspects of one's job to match personal skills, attitudes, and inclinations. The literature on this subject has been developing for over 20 years but requires a recapitulation to bring together different and often disconnected contributions and provide a concise research agenda for scholars wishing to approach the study of these issues. This book provides a conceptual framework on job crafting by demonstrating how its practice results in a more meaningful and satisfying work experience. This book is the first to investigate this area of study in such a complete and exhaustive way: it takes a managerial perspective to identify the antecedent and outcome variables of job crafting and suggests behaviors which managers should steer clear from to avoid facing negative and unexpected consequences.

LC Classification NumberHD58.7-58.95