Editing Work design (section)

==== Role innovation ====
''Role innovation'' occurs when an employee [[Proactivity|proactively]] redefines a work role by changing the mission or practice of the role.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Van Maanen|first1=J.|last2=Schein|first2=E. H.|date=1979|title=Toward a theory of organizational socialization|journal=Research in Organizational Behavior|volume=1|pages=209–298}}</ref> When work roles are defined by organizations they do not always adequately address the problems faced by the profession. When employees notice this, they can attempt to redefine the role through innovation, improving the resilience of the profession in handling future situations.<ref name=":8">{{Cite journal|last1=Tims|first1=Maria|last2=Bakker|first2=Arnold B.|date=2010-12-02|title=Job crafting: Towards a new model of individual job redesign|journal=SA Journal of Industrial Psychology|volume=36|issue=2|doi=10.4102/sajip.v36i2.841|issn=2071-0763|doi-access=free}}</ref>