Wednesday Apr 29, 2020

Episode 43 - Emotion at Work in Job Crafting

On the title alone this episode may not seem to fit this podcast and the opposite is the case. As an evidence-based practitioner, my guest Rob Baker is right at home and his work is ultimately about how people feel about their jobs and their work. We cover a LOT of ground in this episode and on a personal note Rob's reply to my unexpected and innocuous question is a complete surprise and I learn a lot about him.

Your references as always:

Around 3 minutes we discuss the Fat Cat on Kelham Island in Sheffield

https://www.thefatcat.co.uk/

Around 5 minutes Rob talks about how he competed for GB at orienteering, you can find out more here

https://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/

Around 8 minutes I mention the awesome human being called Simon Heath who is a Consulting Artist and has some sensible and practical thinking on the workplace. You can find him on Twitter here https://twitter.com/simonheath1?lang=en and here is his blog https://workmusing.wordpress.com/about/

Around 17 minutes Rob mentioned Job Crafting questionnaires. Here is a link to a recent paper on that

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312192742_The_job_crafting_questionnaire_A_new_scale_to_measure_the_extent_to_which_employees_engage_in_job_crafting

Around 31 minutes Rob mentions the discipline of Positive Psychology, here is a link to explore what it is

https://positivepsychology.com/what-is-positive-psychology-definition/

Around 32 minutes Rob mentions a Dutch researcher and her research, here is a link to a 2015 paper on Job Crafting

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mcw_Peeters/publication/280830379_the_job_crafting_intervention/links/55c85ee208aea2d9bdc8b297.pdf

Around 37 minutes I mention Erving Goffman and the notion of face and facework, you can read more about my research into this here

https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/jplr/14/2/article-p167.xml

This is a piece by Robert Arundale on face and facework

http://media06.euv-frankfurt-o.de/Literatur/Arundale_2006.pdf

At around 45 minutes I mention a Simulcast about Grit and Growth Mindset and you can find that here

https://emotionatwork.podbean.com/e/episode-42-grit-and-growth-mindset-good-practice-podcast-crossover-special/

Around 59 minutes Rob and I talk about a previous episode of this podcast with Hilary Scarlett, here is the link

https://emotionatwork.podbean.com/e/episode-39-emotion-at-work-in-neuroscience-and-organisational-change/

Around 1hr 19 minutes I get Rob to lug his book, the link is here:

Personalization at Work – Bringing job crafting to life within organizations (by Rob Baker)

As we are wrapping up at 1 hour 21 Ron plugs his website

https://tailoredthinking.co.uk/

Here are some other references that Rob said would be helpful during the wrap up:

Job Crafting - Amy Wrzesniewski on creating meaning in your own work – Video from a presentation at Google’s 2014 Re: Work seminar series and the best introduction to the concept I have found.

http://www.arnoldbakker.com/articles.php (this is a treasure trove of research)

Re-orientating Job Crafting (a really elegant paper outlining what we know and don't know about job crafting and a suggested path for future research) [Behind a paywall, unfortunately]

Turn the job you have into the job you want. Harvard Business Review.

Google’s favorite Psychologist Explains How the Company Retains Top Talent. BusinessInsider.com

Episode 43 - Emotion at Work in Job Crafting

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