ORGS 1000 Lecture 9: ORGS 1000 Lecture 9

• School: York University
• Department: Organization Studies
• Course: ORGS 1000
• Professor: Marnie Smith

Document Summary

Job characteristics theory o (cid:862)core(cid:863) jo(cid:271) characteristics have a certain psychological impact on workers: variety. Degree to which a job requires different skills/talents, activities high variety = job holders do(cid:374)(cid:859)t feel sense of repetition. Degree to which job provides freedom, independence, discretion to individual performing work: feedback, degree to which carrying out the activities required by job provides. Moderators influence the (cid:449)orker (cid:449)ith (cid:272)lear i(cid:374)fo a(cid:271)out ho(cid:449) (cid:449)ell they(cid:859)re perfor(cid:373)i(cid:374)g extent to which these relationships hold true: 2 other variables, knowledge and skill. Degree to which employees have the aptitude & competence needed to succeed on their job: growth need strength, degree to which employees desire to develop themselves further. Both of these increase the strength of the relationships within the model. O(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es people feel that their efforts do(cid:374)(cid:859)t really matter: knowledge of results reflects the extent to which employees know how well (or how poorly) they are doing.