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Employees do not just react to organizational factors but they actively adjust and alter their work atmosphere in accordance to their own passion, interest, strength and preferences. A recent development in work design / re-design theories is the introduction of employee-initiated job redesigns approach known as “job crafting”. The proactive behavior where the employees alter their work boundaries to enhance their work identity and meaningfulness is regarded as job crafting. It is associated with a number of positive outcomes, both at employee as well as at the organizational level. The present study aims to highlight the concept of job crafting along with its significant outcomes for both individual and the organization. It highlights new insights of association between employee job crating and their work place and concludes that it is in the interest of both organizations and practitioners to encourage favorable form of job crafting given its benefits.

Job crafting, proactive behavior, Organizational Citizenship behavior (OCB), burnout, work Engagement, Job Performance, Person- Job fit, meaningfulness.