Trial reportBMC psychology2016
Effects of a job crafting intervention program on work engagement among Japanese employees: a pretest-posttest study.
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- Bottom-Up Interventions Effective in Promoting Work Engagement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of Job Crafting Intervention Program on Harmonious Work Passion and Career Commitment among Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of nursing management · 2023Trial
- Crafting wellness: Mediation of job crafting on the relationship between workplace social support and employee mental health.Journal of public health research · 2025Article
- Working from home during COVID-19: boundary management tactics and energy resources management strategies reported by public service employees in a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Multifaceted ORganizational InterventiONs (M-ORION) project for prevention of depression and anxiety among workers: study protocol for a five-arm cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Do I want to work from home today? Specific job crafting strategies of public service employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: a qualitative study.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- The psychological conditions for employee engagement in organizational change: Test of a change engagement model.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Encouraging job crafting in the workplace for newcomers: A two-year multi-wave study.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Job demands-resources, job crafting and work engagement of tobacco retailers.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Work engagement mediates the relationship between job resources and work-to-family positive spillover (WFPS) for home-visit nursing staff.Environmental and occupational health practice · 2022Article
- Job Crafting and Work Engagement: The Mediating Role of Work Meaning.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Effects of a Job Crafting Intervention Program on Work Engagement Among Japanese Employees: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Cognitive crafting and work engagement: A study among remote and frontline health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.Health care management reviewArticle
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Abstract
backgroundJob crafting, an employee-initiated job design/redesign, has become important for employees' well-being such as work engagement. This study examined the effectiveness of a newly developed job crafting intervention program on work engagement (as primary outcome), as well as job crafting and psychological distress (as secondary outcomes), using a pretest-posttest study design among Japanese employees.
methodsParticipants were managers of a private company and a private psychiatric hospital in Japan. The job crafting intervention program consisted of two 120-min sessions with a two-week interval between them. Outcomes were assessed at baseline (Time 1), post-intervention (Time 2), and a one-month follow-up (Time 3). The mixed growth model analyses were conducted using time (Time 1, Time 2, and Time 3) as an indicator of intervention effect. Effect sizes were calculated using Cohen's d.
resultsThe program showed a significant positive effect on work engagement (t = 2.20, p = 0.03) in the mixed growth model analyses, but with only small effect sizes (Cohen's d = 0.33 at Time 2 and 0.26 at Time 3). The program also significantly improved job crafting (t = 2.36, p = 0.02: Cohen's d = 0.36 at Time 2 and 0.47 at Time 3) and reduced psychological distress (t = -2.06, p = 0.04: Cohen's d = -0.15 at Time 2 and -0.31 at Time 3).
conclusionsThe study indicated that the newly developed job crafting intervention program was effective in increasing work engagement, as well as in improving job crafting and decreasing psychological distress, among Japanese managers.
trial registrationUMIN Clinical Trials Registry UMIN000024062 . Retrospectively registered 15 September 2016.
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