Job Crafting Towards Self (Strengths and Interests) and Others (Contribution and Collaboration): An Integrative Model Based on the Four Pathways of Work Meaningfulness Proposed by Rosso et al. (2010)

Abstract

In the face of contemporary societal uncertainties, the significance of careers and work is far from self-evident. Individuals need to craft jobs and careers with personal meaning. Wrz esniewski and Dutton （2001） introduced the concept of job crafting, offering a lens through which employees can modify their work tasks and relationships to construct meaningful work experiences. However, there needs to be more empirical research on job crafting to under stand how individuals create and transform meaningful experiences in the workplace. This pa per undertakes a selective review of studies that expand upon Wrzesniewski and Dutton’s （2001） seminal model, identifying three distinct directions of extension research. An integrat ed model is proposed, encapsulating all three directions and aligning with Rosso et al.’s （2010） four-pathway framework of work meaningfulness.

Keywords

• job crafting (jc) toward strengths
• jc toward interests
• prosocial jc
• collaborative jc
• meaning of work