ABSTRACT

Work psychology and occupational health literatures suggest that organizations can achieve this goal by designing resourceful work environments since job resources have been found to play a dual role in employee wellbeing. First, job resources help employees manage and deal more effectively with their job demands, thus buffering their detrimental impact on job strain and health. Second, job resources are important in their own right because the availability of resources facilitates goal attainment, thereby enhancing employee motivation, work engagement, and performance. Because job resources are so important for wellbeing and individual functioning at work, the critical question is how they can be generated. This chapter focuses on two ways that this can be done. The first is through the direct supervisor and the second is through individuals themselves by means of job-crafting behaviors.