Generalizability and Determinants of Teacher Job Crafting Profiles Across Teaching Levels: A Job Demands-Resources Perspective

• In Event: Crafting, Leaving, and Organizing: Understanding Teachers’ Work in Precarious Times

Abstract

Based on Job Demands-Resources framework, this study uses a person-centered approach to identify job crafting (JC) profiles among primary and secondary school teachers and examine how job resources (collaboration and professional learning opportunities), job demands (workload), and personal resources (PsyCap) influence membership likelihood. Latent profile analysis of 1,894 Chinese teachers revealed five profiles across primary and secondary schools: Extremely Low JC, Low JC, Moderate JC, and High JC as well as Risk-Avoidance JC—characterized by lower engagement in increasing social job resources and challenging demands, suggesting a tendency to avoid uncertainty in socially demanding or novel challenges. Differential associations between each profile and its predictors were also examined, offering theoretical and practical implications for teacher professional development.

Authors

• Chan Wang, The Education University of Hong Kong

• Xianhan Huang, The Education University of Hong Kong

• Shiyu Zhang, University of Hong Kong