Growth Need Strength assesses how much the employee values opportunities to grow and develop at work. The JDS also assesses employees’ Growth Need Strength. The JDS is a self-report measure that assess employees’ assessment of the five job characteristics (Hackman & Oldham, 1980). To assess whether jobs provide enrichment and also to test their model, Oldham and Hackman created the Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS). Feedback is when employees are given clear feedback on their performance effectiveness (Oldham & Hackman, 2010).

AutonomyĪutonomy occurs when employees have freedom and discretion in deciding how to carry out their work. Task significance occurs when the job has real meaning through making an impact on people. Task identity occurs when the employees completes a whole segment of work from start to end. Skill variety occurs when the individual engages in a wide range of activities that require different skills. The model also includes intervening variables of meaningfulness, responsibility, and knowledge of results. The Job Characteristics Model states that these characteristics influence outcomes of motivation, satisfaction and performance. The model provides five characteristics that state how best to design work including: What is the best way to design work so that people are engaged and perform well? The Job Characteristics Model provides recommendations on how to best enrich jobs in organizations and was designed by Hackman and Oldham in 1976 and updated in 1980 (Hackman & Oldham, 1976, 1980). What is the Job Characteristics Model? The JCM provides recommendations for job enrichment

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