Topic 2. Job crafting

Question 1

True or false: job crafting is individual and focusses on pro-active behavior

Answer 1

True.

Question 2

Physical, psychological, social or organisational aspects of the job that require sustained physical and/or psychological effort or skill. Therefore they are associated with certain psychological and/or physiological costs
How is this called?

Answer 2

Job demands

Question 3

Physical, psychological, social or organisational aspects of the job that are (1) functional in achieving work goals, (2) reduce job demands and the associated psychological and physiological costs, (3) stimulate personal growth, learing and development

Answer 3

Job resources

Question 4

What’s the definition job crafting?

Answer 4

Job crafting is about changing the boundaries and conditions of job tasks and job relationships and of the meaning of the job (Wrzesniewski & Dutton, 2001)

Question 5

There are three types of changes in job crafting. Which?

Answer 5

Physical changes
Cognitive ‘’
Relational ‘’

Question 6

True or false: the Job Resources Model (JDR model) is about searching resources and qualities and about reducing demands.

Answer 6

False. It is about resource and CHALLENGE seeking and demands reducing.

Question 7

Job demands and job resources. Which one takes energy and which one gives energy?

Answer 7

Job demands ask energy and job resources give you energy

Question 8

True or false: The job demands-resources model or (JD-R) model is an occupational stress model that suggests strain is a response to imbalance between demands on the individual and the resources he or she has to deal with those demands.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Name three situational predictors which cause job crafting.

Answer 9

Job autonomy
Task interdependence
Discretion to craft your job
Task complexity
Job challenges
Work pressure
Organizational change

Question 10

What are individual predictors of job crafting?

Answer 10

• Pro active personality

- Regularory focus (promotion focus and prevention focus)

Question 11

What are the outcomes of jobcrafting? 3 things

Answer 11

Job satisfaction
Organisational commitment
Work engagement

Question 12

True or false: job crafting is not about choosing tasks, negotiating different job content. assigning meaning to their tasks or jobs.

Answer 12

False. Job crafting is about choosing tasks enz…