Opportunity for employers to take part

We are delighted to engage employers of all types and sizes across the UK in this project and support the health and wellbeing of your employees through our job crafting trial.

Benefits of participation for employers

There is substantial evidence of the benefits of job crafting for both individual employees (e.g. improved wellbeing and engagement and reduced burnout) and their organisations (e.g. higher productivity and lower levels of staff absence). But there is limited evidence on the benefits of crafting for specific groups of workers – such as disabled people, those with long-term health conditions or workers with caring responsibilities. Our trial will address that gap and therefore deliver much needed insight for employers, policymakers and individuals.

For organisations, it will provide:

• An opportunity for expert facilitated trialling of job crafting to support employee health, wellbeing and retention
• Tailored organisational insights on the outcomes of job crafting on participating employees
• Access to robust evidence of impact of trial on organisational performance and productivity
• Access to expertise in workplace innovation and inclusion to develop managers and employees
• Resources on job crafting to embed the practice beyond the life of the trial
• Organisation reputation gains through contribution to a globally significant and high-profile trial

What would partnering with WISHES look like?

We will meet with your organisation’s People and EDI leads to listen to your priorities and discuss how best to deliver the trial in your organisation. We will support you in recruiting employee participants into the trial.

Eligible individuals in partner employers are employees with self-declared long-term health conditions, disabilities and/or other workplace support needs (e.g. caring responsibilities) who might benefit from workplace accommodations of some form. They will need to volunteer to take part and will subsequently be randomised into either a facilitated workshop series or access to crafting information.

Our job crafting trial will run between March 2026 – August 2027 with partner employers. We are seeking to confirm employer partners and agree timelines by December 2025. Our first wave of delivery will be with large employers where we’re looking to recruit 100-150 eligible employees to volunteer in the WISHES job crafting trial.

How does my organisation take part or find out more?

We are holding two informal drop-in sessions for employers this autumn where you can meet with the project lead, Professor Adam Whitworth, University of Strathclyde, and learn more about what participation involves and how your workforce and organisation can benefit from it.

Please see below dates of the two drop-in sessions. Select the most convenient one for you and click on the link to join us!

• 4 November, 11-12pm | Click here for joining instructions
• 25 November, 12-1pm | Click here for joining instructions

Or for further information please contact Dr Sarah Dauncey: sarah.dauncey@strath.ac.uk