Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 3 · Licensed source edition
Crafting work with AI: human–AI collaborative job crafting, human–AI fit, and employee job performance
Originally published 2026-08-14 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1903517 ↗
AI / system type
Human–AI collaborative job crafting and inclusive HR practices
Workplace evidenceExamines workers, organizations or AI at work. Participants are not necessarily parents; family benefits are not established by this evidence alone.
The AI connection
System or context examined: Human–AI collaborative job crafting and inclusive HR practices. The source-specific system and study design determine what can be inferred.
Why this reading matters
The reading brings collaborative job crafting and human–AI fit into a concrete discussion of humane work during technological change. It offers three-wave employee–supervisor study evidence or analysis, not a promise of organizational or family benefit.
Workplace evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
The workplace lens is collaborative job crafting and human–AI fit. Source setting or population: 485 employees and their direct supervisors. Parenting and child-development outcomes are not inferred from the workplace evidence.
Examines workers, organizations or AI at work. Participants are not necessarily parents; family benefits are not established by this evidence alone.
Editorial reading guide · Independence
How can I help redesign my job so AI fits the work I value?
This three-wave employee–supervisor study examines collaborative job crafting and human–AI fit. Its TRICK home is Independence, an editorial reading path rather than a claim that the paper tests the full framework.
Study context
485 employees and their direct supervisors
Age / stage: Adult workplace context; no child age range inferred
Read with three questions
- How can I help redesign my job so AI fits the work I value?
- What do this study’s design and population — 485 employees and their direct supervisors — allow you to infer about another workplace?
- When considering collaborative job crafting and human–AI fit, which decisions would need employee input before applying this reading to a working family’s circumstances?
Keep the limits in view
Matched longitudinal data remain observational; statistical mediation cannot establish that job crafting causes better performance.
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Jun Bao; Qiutong Wang; Yiting Pan; Xiaoqian Wang; Yuying Zheng (2026). Crafting work with AI: human–AI collaborative job crafting, human–AI fit, and employee job performance Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1903517
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