Development and validation of the job crafting scale

2011/05/28 by Maria Tims, Arnold B. Bakker, Daantje Derks · 1,994 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Applied psychology #Construct validity #Convergent validity #Core self-evaluations #Cynicism #Developmental psychology #Emotional Intelligence and Performance #Employability #Higher Education and Employability #Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior #Job analysis #Job attitude #Job design #Job performance #Job satisfaction #Personnel psychology #Psychology #Psychometrics #Scale (ratio) #Social psychology #Work (physics) #Work engagement

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2011.05.009

published in Journal of Vocational Behavior 80(1), 173-186 (Elsevier BV)

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