What if there is a better way? Investigating upward counterfactual thinking as a metacognitive self‐regulatory strategy for job crafting.

This study investigates whether encouraging employees to actively reframe their thinking can stimulate behavioural job crafting, that is, optimizing their job demands and resources. Grounded in the functional theory of counterfactual thinking (CFT), we theorize that upward CFT—mentally contrasting n...

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Published in:Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology Vol. 99; no. 1; pp. 1 - 27
Main Authors: De Boeck, Giverny, Liu, Yukun
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Mar2026
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