Prior research often examined approach- and avoidance-type job crafting strategies separately without thoroughly considering the issue of their coexistence. This study adopted a person-centered perspective to explore how these strategies coexist, providing an integrated understanding of job crafting behaviors. Drawing on Construal-Level Theory—a framework explaining individual differences in strategic mindsets—we conducted two studies to investigate how employees’ construal levels shape their job crafting profiles and influence performance outcomes. Study 1 (N = 505) used Latent Profile Analysis to identify job crafting profiles. The results revealed four types of job crafters: passive crafters, striving crafters, balanced crafters, and comprehensive crafters. Employees with high levels of approach job crafting (i.e., striving crafters and comprehensive crafters) demonstrated the highest construal levels. Study 2 (N = 568) validated these profiles and examined performance outcomes, showing that employees engaging in both high approach- and avoidance-type job crafting achieved superior performance outcomes, including creative and adaptive performance. These findings contribute to the job crafting literature by emphasizing the positive implications of a high construal-level mindset.
