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Published Online: Sep 10, 2026

Development and validation of integrated dynamic job crafting agility measurement scale (IDJCA-MS)

Published Online: Sep 10, 2026

Chijioke NWACHUKWU

Email: cesogwa@yahoo.com
Horizons University, Paris, France
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Abstract:
To better understand job crafting in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment, this study developed and tested a 27-item measure, the Integrated Dynamic Job Crafting Agility Measurement Scale (IDJCA-MS). The study presents a new scale that integrates job crafting with the continuous, responsive aspect of agility, while also incorporating individual characteristics, contextual resources, and environmental demands. A rigorous, multi-stage technique based on literature construct integration and a quantitative approach is employed to develop the IDJCA-MS. The author establishes reliability and psychometric properties, analyses discriminant, convergent, and predictive validity of IDJCA-MS. The study used proactive motivation, dynamic capabilities, contextual resources, and environmental turbulence to develop a new job-crafting agility scale that predicted job performance in a volatile, unpredictable, complex, and ambiguous environment. This paper makes a novel contribution by proposing IDJCA-MS, a multidimensional job crafting agility scale.
Keywords:
Dynamic capability, contextual resources, environmental turbulence, job crafting agility, proactive motivation
Pages:
222-243
JEL Classification:
M12, M50, D23, J24, J28
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46656/bposoki.2026.37.2(7)
How to cite:
Nwachukwu, Ch. (2026). Development and validation of integrated dynamic job crafting agility measurement scale (IDJCA-MS). Bulgariаn Journal of Business Research, 37(2), 222-243, DOI: 10.46656/bposoki.2026.37.2(7)
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