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AIM(S) To better understand the functionality of job crafting and its relationship with personality and job autonomy in the context of non-Western healthcare as an adaptive problem-solving work behavior that is related to creativity. BACKGROUND Job Crafting could be a strategy nurses use to solve problems as healthcare organizations become more unpredictable. METHOD This cross-sectional study sampled 547 nurses from seven hospitals in Lebanon. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). RESULTS The job crafting dimension of increasing structural job resources and increasing challenging job demands partially mediated the relationship between creativity and subjective well-being, and they fully mediated the relationship between job autonomy and subjective well-being. Creativity, job autonomy, and agreeableness were related to the approach job crafting dimensions, and two of these job crafting dimensions were in turn related to subjective well-being. CONCLUSION(S) Creative nurses tend to job craft more and this is associated with their subjective well-being. Nurses high on extraversion, and emotional stability experienced higher subjective well-being. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT Nursing administration and leaders may want to create an environment fostering creativity and encouraging approach-oriented job crafting.