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Craft approach to work: a humanist model of work in organizations

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  • Moumita Roy

    (XLRI - Xavier School of Management)

  • Ayatakshee Sarkar

    (XLRI - Xavier School of Management)

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Over the past two decades, craft has had an extraordinary resurgence, leading to a broader transformation of business sectors. Craftwork focuses on human labour, contrasting with mechanized processes leading to globalization and standardization. However, the existing literature on craft is scant and fragmented. Therefore, we need to have a nuanced understanding and consensus on how organization and management scholars have expended effort to contextualize craft across multiple disciplines and paradigms. To address this research gap, we reviewed 153 articles to identify various underlying themes of the existing literature on crafts and craft approaches to work. Specifically, this paper makes three broad contributions from the perspective of society and policy makers. First, we provide a critical account of perspectives on crafts. Second, we offer an organizing framework regarding views, enabling conditions, drivers, and outcomes. Third, this paper identifies opportunities and fruitful areas for scholars to engage in future research to explore craft-based approaches to work in various formal and informal settings. Lastly, this article paves pathways to build and sustain crafts as a humanized form of employment in present-day society – as an alternative to corporate-driven large-scale industrial approaches.

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  • Moumita Roy & Ayatakshee Sarkar, 2025. "Craft approach to work: a humanist model of work in organizations," Management Review Quarterly, Springer, vol. 75(1), pages 557-593, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:manrev:v:75:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1007_s11301-023-00392-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s11301-023-00392-y
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    Keywords

    Crafts; Technology; Organization; Sustainability; Humanist; Work; Creative and cultural industries;
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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