Long‐term development in job crafting in employees with and without mental health issues during COVID ‐19: The role of job resources
研究了2019至2022年间瑞士、德国和奥地利员工的工作重塑变化，发现心理健康问题员工在疫情期间工作重塑下降更多，而工作资源（如社会支持和角色清晰）能缓冲这种下降。
Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate long‐term development in job crafting during the COVID‐19 pandemic among employees with and without mental health issues (MHI). Furthermore, this study aimed to explore the role of job resources regarding these changes. We have analysed longitudinal panel data of six waves between 2019 (applied as pre‐pandemic baseline) and 2022 from employees in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. Hierarchical linear modelling showed change differences in job crafting: employees with MHI experienced a higher decrease in job crafting during the COVID‐19 pandemic compared with employees without MHI. When investigating the specific crafting dimensions, we found that there was a group difference only for crafting for structural resources, but not for crafting for social resources. Moreover, job resources buffered the decrease in job crafting among employees with MHI. Particularly, social support buffered the decrease in crafting for social resources and role clarity buffered the decrease in crafting for structural resources. These results suggest that in times of crisis, strengthening job resources can help employees with MHI maintain their job crafting behaviour.