Job Demands, Low Back Pain, and Job Crafting Behaviors: A Proposed Framework Al-Natour Malek Ahmad1, Abdullah Nor Azimah Chew1 1School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Kedah, Malaysia *Corresponding Author: Malek Ahmad Al-Natour, School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, 06010, Kedah, Malaysia, Email: malik.alnatour@yahoo.com
Online published on 21 February, 2019. Abstract The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework for understanding Job Crafting Behaviors (JCBs) as a proactive behavioral treatment in the relationship between Job Demands (JDs) and Low Back Pain (LBP). Though the relationship between JDs and LBP is well-established in the ergonomics literature, studies on the role of proactive behaviors are neglected. More so, while a few studies have examined behavioral treatment and its role in to JDs-LBP relationship, none has examined JCBs in relation to JDs-LBP relationship. Hence, this paper discusses JCBs as a moderator of the JDs (psychological and physical JDs)-LBP relationships. A conceptual model supported by Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory is thus proposed for future empirical studies and for expanding the JCBs and ergonomics literature. Top Keywords Job Crafting Behaviors (JCBs), Low Back Pain (LBP), Psychological JDs, and Physical JDs. Top |