Designing a job crafting model with the meta synthesis method

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1 associate professor and faculty member, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

2 Masters Degree, Business Management, Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

10.22080/shrm.2025.27994.1688

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The characteristics of today's business world have led managers to pay attention to job crafting, and this attention is increasing. But any analysis or action regarding job crafting requires the identification of factors affecting job crafting and its consequences. Therefore, the purpose of the present research is to design a model of job crafting with the metasynthesis method. The metasynthesis method is one of the types of qualitative research methods, and it is based on the integration of various studies to create comprehensive findings. In the current research, the seven-step method of Barroso and Sandlovski was used to design the model of job crafting. In this research, out of 180 articles identified during the search in the literature of the last two decades in selected electronic databases such as Science Direct, Emerald, Sage, Springer, 37 articles matched the inclusion and exclusion criteria and were analyzed. Based on the results of the metasynthesis method, the factors affecting job crafting include 3 main categories and 10 sub-categories including job crafting motives (personal motivations, job motives, reaction to structural adversities, reaction to job adversities) areas of job crafting (supportive atmosphere, limited atmosphere supporting job design, restrictive job design) and the consequences of job crafting (positive consequences, negative consequences) and 101 codes. These factors have influenced the behavior of job crafting and their detailed knowledge is a guide for any research and action in the field of job crafting.

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Journal of Sustainable Human Resource Management
Volume 7, Issue 13
March 2026
Pages 73-92

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