Hackman & Oldham's Job Characteristics Model

According to the job characteristics model, which characteristic describes the degree to which the job requires an employee to complete a task from the beginning to the end?

• Task Significance

• Autonomy

• Task Variety

• Task Identity

Which of the following describes "skill variety"?

• extent to which jobs allows freedom to schedule work and decide how to carry it out

• extent to which job has an impact on lives of other people

• extent to which job involves performing a whole piece of work from start to finish

• extent to which job requires employees to use a number of different skills and abilities

______ refers to the degree to which an employee is given the freedom to make decision in performing his or her tasks.

• Skill variety

• Task significance

• Autonomy

• Feedback

Ali's supervisor, Mr. A is providing updates to him about his sales performance. Mr. A has even provided some suggestions to Ali on how to further increase his sales. Essentially, Mr. A is providing _________ to Ali.

• Skill variety

• Task significance

• Autonomy

• Feedback

A doctor's job has a high degree of ___________ since his decision can help to save the patient's life.

• Skill variety

• Task significance

• Task identity

• Autonomy

Sewing an entire dress would be more satisfying than just sewing buttons onto it. This aspect of job characteristics relates to __________.

• Skill variety

• Task identity

• Task significance

• Autonomy

In her job as an intern, Belinda is exposed to various areas of the business such as purchasing, human resource, marketing, accounting and finance. This means that Belinda's job is designed with a high degree of ______________.

• Skill variety

• Task identity

• Task significance

• Feedback

Designing skill variety, task identity and task significance in a job will lead an employee to experience _______________ of the job.

• meaningfulness

• responsibility of outcomes

• knowledge of actual job results

Providing feedback to an employee will lead an employee to experience _______________ of the job.

• meaningfulness

• responsibility of outcomes

• knowledge of actual job results

Job enrichment will be more successful for people with high growth need strength.

• True

• False