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Motivation through the Design of Work: Test of a Theory.
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In this paper, a model is proposed that specifies the conditions under which individuals will become internally motivated to perform effectively on their jobs, focusing on the interaction among three classes of variables: (a) the psychological states of employees that must be present for internally motivated work behavior to develop; (b) the characteristics of jobs that can create these psychological states; and (c) the attributes of individuals that determine how positively a person will respond to a complex and challenging job.About:
This article is published in Organizational Behavior and Human Performance.The article was published on 1976-08-01. It has received 7444 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Job characteristic theory & Job analysis.read more
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An Empirical Study of System Improvement by Frontline Employees in Hospital Units
TL;DR: It is suggested that rather than relying on hiring motivated individuals, managers need to support employees' efforts to improve their work systems by creating a work environment where it is safe to talk about operational failures and responding to employee communication aboutoperational failures.
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Satisfied Correctional Staff : A Review of the Literature on the Correlates of Correctional Staff Job Satisfaction
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the literature is presented to provide a better understanding of the factors associated with job satisfaction in correctional staff, and correctional administrators are urged to concentrate more on improving the work environment rather than focusing on correctional staff characteristics.
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The Relation between Job Level and Job Satisfaction
TL;DR: In this paper, the relation between job level and job satisfaction was examined and several possible moderators of this relation were identified. But, as job level increased, so did job satisfaction, and there was a high degree of convergence among the measures of job level.
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Examining a curvilinear relationship between communication frequency and team performance in cross-functional project teams
TL;DR: It is postulate that both high and low levels of team communication can impede team performance, thus leading to a curvilinear relationship between team performance and team communication.
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The Effects of Emotional Labor on Employee Work Outcomes
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated two hypothesized antecedents to emotional labor; affectivity and empathy which is conceptualized as a two-dimensional construct composed of emotional contagion and empathic concern, and examined the impact of emotional labor on job satisfaction and exhaustion.
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