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Korean slang profile

잡크래프팅

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Improving job satisfaction by adjusting aspects of one’s work scope or methods that one can change independently.

Improving job satisfaction by adjusting aspects of one’s work scope or methods that one can change independently.

Expanded form
Not documented
Other spellings
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Earliest source found
Dec 24, 2014
Documented trend period
Not verified

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

  • Example by Julimmal

    반복 업무의 순서를 개선하는 잡크래프팅을 시도했다.

    I tried job crafting by improving the order of repetitive tasks.

02Documented history

  1. 2014-12-24The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2014년 신어” included the expression’s definition and examples of usage.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The meaning and contemporary examples of “잡크래프팅” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s “2014년 신어”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The explanation in one National Institute of Korean Language source was checked. The evidence is on PDF page 79; the older article texts re-quoted there and the first use of the expression were not separately verified.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

  1. 2014년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 24, 2014Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
Original Korean record: Not verifiedEnglish translation: awaiting review

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