Reclaiming cognitive crafting: an integrative model of behavioral and cognitive practices in job crafting
International Journal of Organizational Analysis
ISSN: 1934-8835
Article publication date: 4 January 2021
Issue publication date: 13 September 2021
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to present a model of how cognitive and behavioral crafting practices relate, reconciling the two dominant and conflicting job crafting theoretical perspectives.
Design/methodology/approach
Starting by examining the role of cognition and cognitive practices in job crafting, this paper reconstitutes the theorizing path that led to the exclusion of cognitive crafting from job crafting theory, explores existing theorizing efforts to (re)integrate cognitive crafting back into job crafting and proposes a new job crafting model (re)integrating behavioral and cognitive practices.
Findings
By conceiving cognitive crafting practices as a sensemaking layer that spans across and reciprocates with all behavioral crafting practices, the proposed model specifies the role of behavior and cognition (and the mutual relations between them) in job crafting, while resuming its meaning-making orientation.
Originality/value
This paper offers novel insights on underspecified aspects of the job crafting theory, improving its heuristic value. It clarifies how meaning is assembled and enacted by people in work environments, allowing for more integrated and comprehensive explanations about how people relate to work.
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Acknowledgements
The study reported in this paper was funded by CAPES, Brazil (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior). Grant number 88882.380020/2019-01.
Citation
Melo, N., Dourado, D. and Andrade, J. (2021), "Reclaiming cognitive crafting: an integrative model of behavioral and cognitive practices in job crafting", International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. 29 No. 5, pp. 1302-1320. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-04-2020-2130
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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