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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.
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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.

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Putting Together the Pieces: A Closer Look at the Determinants of Job Performance

TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual framework is proposed to guide researchers interested in the causal modeling of job performance, including theories involving general abilities, motivation, feedback, leadership, and group processes.
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Contingent labor as an enabler of entrepreneurial growth

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Show me The Money! do Financial Rewards for Performance Enhance or Undermine The Satisfaction from Emotional Labor?

TL;DR: For example, the authors found that emotional labor (EL) is positively related to job satisfaction regardless of rewards, beyond personality traits, while financial rewards for service performance enhanced, rather than undermined, satisfaction from EL requirements and effort with customers.
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The Impact of Role Assignment on Knowledge Construction in Asynchronous Discussion Groups A Multilevel Analysis

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of learning in asynchronous discussion groups on students' levels of knowledge construction was studied, and multilevel analyses were applied to uncover the influence of stu...
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Interplay of organizational justice, psychological empowerment, organizational citizenship behavior, and job satisfaction in the context of circular economy

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine relevant organizational human aspects that support circular economy and investigate the influence of perception of organizational justice, psychological empowerment on job satisfaction (JS) through mediating role of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB).
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Handbook of social psychology

TL;DR: In this paper, Neuberg and Heine discuss the notion of belonging, acceptance, belonging, and belonging in the social world, and discuss the relationship between friendship, membership, status, power, and subordination.
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Development of the Job Diagnostic Survey

TL;DR: The Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) as discussed by the authors was developed to diagnose existing jobs to determine if (and how) they might be redesigned to improve employee motivation and productivity, and to evaluate the effects of job changes on employees.
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The motivation to work

TL;DR: Motivation and performance are not merely dependent upon environmental needs and external rewards as discussed by the authors, but instead, satisfaction came most often from factors intrinsic to work: achievements, job recognition, and work that was challenging, interesting, and responsible.
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