Crafting Harmony: A Moderated Mediation Modelling Approach to Work-Life Balance and Job Crafting in Academia

This research examines work-life balance (WLB) in academia, focusing on the impacts of hindering job demands (HJDs) and the roles of job crafting, leisure crafting, and home crafting. Using data from 1,139 academics in Nigeria, it reveals a significant relationship between job crafting behaviors and improved WLB. Key findings include the positive correlation of leisure and home crafting with WLB and the mediating role of increasing structural job resources and challenging job demands.