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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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Doing more with less: An analysis of work life balance among layoff survivors
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A moderated mediation model of the relationship between organizational citizenship behaviors and job performance.
TL;DR: The results of an empirical study indicated that coworker relations mediated the relationship between OCBs and job performance and task autonomy positively moderated both paths of this mediated relationship.
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The strategic orientation of owner‐managers of small ventures
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Does perceived support in employee development affect personnel turnover
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Determinants of job satisfaction and performance of seafarers
TL;DR: In this paper, a survey was administered on 116 seafaring officers and the obtained data were analysed using structural equation modeling to analyse the core determinants of job satisfaction and performance of seafarers.
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