07 Motivation From Concepts to Application
07 Motivation From Concepts to Application
Essentials of
Organizational Behavior, 11/e
Chapter 7
Skill variety
Task identity
Task significance
Autonomy
Feedback
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1. Skill Variety
2. Task identity
3. Task significance
The degree to which a job affects the
lives or work of other people.
The job of a nurse helping patients in a hospital
intensive care unit scores high on task significance;
sweeping floors in a hospital scores low.
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4. Autonomy
The degree to which a job provides the
worker freedom, independence, and
discretion in scheduling work and
determining the procedures for carrying
it out.
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5. Feedback
The degree to which carrying out work
activities generates direct and clear
information about your own
performance.
Job Rotation
The periodic shifting of an employee
from one task to another
Job Enrichment
Increasing the degree to which the
worker controls the planning, execution
and evaluation of the work
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Guidelines for Enriching a Job Using
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Flextime
Some discretion over when worker starts
and leaves
Job Sharing