Acta academica karviniensia 2025, 25(2):21-31 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2025.009


Modelling the Antecedents and Consequences of Job Crafting Agility: A Qualitative Study

Pelin Kanten1, Yener Pazarcik2, Gülten Gümüştekin1
1 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Terzioğlu Campus, Çanakkale/Turkey
2 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Biga Applied Sciences, Ramazan Aydın Campus, Biga, Çanakkale/Turkey

Job crafting agility is considered as an essential component of today’s challenging and uncertain working environment. Given the importance of job design techniques in the organizational context, it has become crucial to redesign work roles that enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of both human resources and organizations. Therefore, the aim of this research is to explore the antecedents and consequences of job crafting agility from the perspective of white-collar employees. Within the scope of this research, semi-structured interviews were conducted with white-collar employees. The data obtained from these interviews were coded, categorized, and interpreted using the MAXQDA qualitative data analysis software. Code density tables, code maps, comparative analyses, and relational analyses were used to visualize the codes and categories. The analysis results illustrated the concept and indicators of job crafting agility through graphical representations. The factors influencing job crafting agility were presented in a proposed model under three sub-themes: individual, organizational, and current-situational factors. In addition, the consequences of job crafting agility were categorized into two sub-themes: positive and negative outcomes.

Keywords: antecedents, consequences, job crafting agility, white-collar employees.
JEL classification: M10, M20, M54

Received: September 9, 2025; Revised: October 4, 2025; Accepted: December 3, 2025; Published: December 10, 2025  Show citation

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Kanten P, Pazarcik Y, Gümüştekin G.
Modelling the Antecedents and Consequences of Job Crafting Agility: A Qualitative Study. Acta academica karviniensia. 2025;25(2):21-31. doi: 10.25142/aak.2025.009.
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