{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/ask-for-one-stretch-responsibility-not-a-vague-bigger-role",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9026",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Ask for one stretch responsibility, not a vague bigger role",
  "summary": "A stretch assignment works better when everyone knows what is stretching.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Name one decision, deliverable or coordination responsibility that is just beyond current evidence, define the review support and success criteria, and request that specific scope. After the work, capture what changed in your capability and what still needs supervision.",
  "limits": [
    "Stretch should not mean chronic overload, unsafe authority or unpaid permanent role expansion. Renegotiate workload and recognition where appropriate."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-skill-acquisition-career-dominant-focus"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-A34967A7C032E728",
    "RS-9FB33493564ED0D7"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "A meta-analysis of 122 samples found job-crafting dimensions were differently associated with engagement, satisfaction and performance, so job crafting should not be treated as one uniform behavior.",
      "source_id": "RS-A34967A7C032E728",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Most evidence is correlational and the direction of effects can differ by crafting dimension.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    },
    {
      "claim": "A meta-analysis of 14 job-crafting interventions found modest improvements in job crafting and engagement, with more limited and context-dependent performance evidence.",
      "source_id": "RS-9FB33493564ED0D7",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "The intervention literature is small, and task-performance gains were not general across occupations.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "When career growth is expressed as 'give me more responsibility' without a concrete development target."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Stretch should not mean chronic overload, unsafe authority or unpaid permanent role expansion. Renegotiate workload and recognition where appropriate."
  ],
  "example": "Instead of asking to 'lead more,' request ownership of requirements-to-acceptance alignment for one workstream with a senior reviewer on the first two decisions.",
  "check": "The assignment has a clear capability target, bounded authority and observable evidence at the end.",
  "steps": [
    "The assignment has a clear capability target, bounded authority and observable evidence at the end."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-A34967A7C032E728",
      "title": "Job crafting: A meta-analysis of relationships with individual differences, job characteristics, and work outcomes",
      "url": "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001879117300477"
    },
    {
      "id": "RS-9FB33493564ED0D7",
      "title": "Effectiveness of job crafting interventions: a meta-analysis and utility analysis",
      "url": "https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1359432X.2019.1646728"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9026",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9027",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/increase-challenge-and-resources-together"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-EA04F47374E04549",
      "title": "Learn new skills, turn them into career evidence, and protect the main development edge",
      "url": "/collections/learn-new-skills-turn-them-into-career-evidence-and-protect-the-main-development-edge"
    }
  ]
}