Opportunity for employers to take part

We want to partner with UK employers of all types, sizes and sectors to help support the wellbeing, work engagement and productivity of your employees through our job crafting trial.

Benefits of WISHES participation for employers

• An opportunity for expert facilitated trialling of job crafting to support employee health, wellbeing and engagement – leading to improved performance and retention
• Line manager information and engagement session to grow organisation understanding and capabilities
• Access to expertise in workplace innovation and inclusion to develop employees and line managers
• 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?

Our research team are experienced at running applied research projects with partner employers. Our approach is one of partnership and pragmatism.

We would 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 and keep you updated throughout.

Our job crafting trial will be delivered between Summer 2026 – August 2027. Partner employers can join at any point within that time period. For each partner employer we are seeking to recruit between 50 – 150 eligible employees into the WISHES job crafting trial. For larger organisations (c750+ staff) we would hope to recruit 100-150 eligible employees into the trial.

Which workers are eligible to take part in the WISHES trial?

Participation in the WISHES trial is open to all UK-resident workers who would like to make their work more manageable, engaging and enjoyable through job crafting. Although all workers are eligible, WISHES may be of particular interest to those who self-identify as having any type of disability, long-term health condition and/or workplace support needs (e.g. caring responsibilities, faith practices, combining multiple jobs) and we have designed training to be inclusive and accessible for people in these groups.

How does my organisation take part or find out more?

You find out more in our WISHES employer guide.

Get contact the Principal Investigator, Professor Adam Whitworth, or the research team if you would like to meet for an brief informal conversation to find out more and explore taking part.