Strengths in Action: How Strength Use Behaviour Modulates Job Crafting and its Outcomes in Academic Settings

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Tripti Kumari¹ and Nishat Afroz² (Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh¹ and Department of Psychology, MMV, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh²)

Educational institutions go through increased workload, emotional demands, and time pressure. Job crafting is a self-initiated modification of behaviour that employees engage in to support their jobs with their passion, preference, and motive. To cope with the challenges and seek opportunities, employees have been engaging in job crafting behaviour. Job crafting helps employees cultivate optimal work engagement and reduce burnout. This study examines how strength use and deficit correction moderate the relationship between job crafting and its outcomes, specifically burnout and work engagement. A survey design was employed, with a convenience sample of 205 academicians from Uttar Pradesh, India. The result revealed that strength use and deficit correction significantly moderated the relationship between job crafting and work engagement, whereas they insignificantly moderated the relationship between job crafting and burnout among academicians. This paper offers insights into the interplay between strength use behaviour and job crafting, particularly among the academicians in higher education. The study addresses a gap in the literature by exploring how these behaviours impact key outcomes, providing a new perspective on their role in academic settings.