Validation of the Japanese version of the job crafting scale.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to validate the Japanese version of the job crafting scale (JCS-J). JCS measures four independent job crafting dimensions, namely increasing structural job resources, decreasing hindering job demands, increasing social job resources, and increasing challenging job demands.


METHODS
The translated and back-translated JCS-J questionnaires were administered online to 972 employees of a Japanese manufacturing company. The data were then divided into independent explorative and confirmative samples. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed to evaluate the factorial validity of JCS-J. The relationship with potential consequences of job crafting (e.g., job demands, job resources, and psychological well-being) was investigated to evaluate construct validity. Internal consistency was examined to evaluate the reliability of the four JCSs.


RESULTS
An exploratory factor analysis extracted a five-factor solution. Decreasing hindering job demands was further split into two separate dimensions supporting a five- rather than four-factor structure. A series of confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the modified five-factor model that allows covariance between items fits the data best. Construct validity was generally supported by the expected correlations of each job crafting dimension with each corresponding job resource (+), job demand (+), and psychological well-being (+). Cronbach's α coefficient was sufficient for each of the four dimensions of job crafting (α ranged between 0.76 and 0.90).


CONCLUSIONS
This study confirmed that JCS-J is an adequate measure of job crafting that can be used in the Japanese context.
Department of Public Health, Kitasato University School of Medicine.
Hisashi
H
Eguchi
Akihito
A
Shimazu
Arnold B
AB
Bakker
Maria
M
Tims
Kimika
K
Kamiyama
Yujiro
Y
Hara
Katsuyuki
K
Namba
Akiomi
A
Inoue
Masakatsu
M
Ono
Norito
N
Kawakami
D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014177:Translations; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology*; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*