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  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/increase-challenge-and-resources-together",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9027",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Increase challenge and resources together",
  "summary": "A harder job can develop you or merely expose missing resources.",
  "kind": "principle",
  "body": "For a chosen development challenge, list the resources that make the challenge learnable: access, decision authority, expert feedback, time, documentation or partner support. Increase the challenge with enough support to keep performance and learning possible, then reduce support as evidence grows.",
  "limits": [
    "More resources do not guarantee development, and some jobs cannot be redesigned locally. Escalate structural constraints instead of treating them as a motivation problem."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-skill-acquisition-career-dominant-focus"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-A34967A7C032E728",
    "RS-9FB33493564ED0D7",
    "RS-6958B9284DD609A1"
  ],
  "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"
    },
    {
      "claim": "A 2025 meta-analysis found that lower-prior-knowledge learners benefited more from higher instructional assistance, while higher-prior-knowledge learners benefited more from lower assistance.",
      "source_id": "RS-6958B9284DD609A1",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "The effect is moderated by domain and educational status, and does not prescribe a single assistance threshold.",
      "locator": "Abstract and highlights"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "When adding a harder assignment without adding the information, access, feedback or authority needed to learn from it."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "More resources do not guarantee development, and some jobs cannot be redesigned locally. Escalate structural constraints instead of treating them as a motivation problem."
  ],
  "example": "A consultant takes on a complex integration design but also gets architecture review and access to interface owners instead of being judged on information they cannot obtain.",
  "check": "The stretch task has the minimum resources required to make success and learning plausible.",
  "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"
    },
    {
      "id": "RS-6958B9284DD609A1",
      "title": "A cornerstone of adaptivity – A meta-analysis of the expertise reversal effect",
      "url": "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959475225000660"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "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"
    }
  ]
}