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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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A Critical Examination of the Demand-Control-Support Model from a Work Psychological Perspective
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the theoretical and empirical status of the Demand-Control-Support (DCS) model from a work psychological perspective and concluded that epidemiological studies offer the most support for the model, its interaction hypothesis is not often supported, and examples of carefully examined evaluations of interventions are rather scarce.
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The Effects of Job Autonomy, Customer Demandingness, and Trait Competitiveness on Salesperson Learning, Self-Efficacy, and Performance
TL;DR: In this article, the authors applied social cognitive theory to the context of personal selling and found that while self-efficacy positively affects performance, the salesperson's learning effort directly affects selfefficacy, and two task-related factors (perceived job autonomy and customer demandingness) and one individual difference variable (trait competitiveness) are proposed to affect salesperson learning effort and selfefficacies.
Violence in the workplace
TL;DR: An overview of fatal and non fatal violence in Australian workplaces is provided and research and policy options for its prevention and control are identified.
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Telecommuting's differential impact on work-family conflict: is there no place like home?
TL;DR: The findings suggest that telecommuting has a differential impact on work-family conflict, such that the more extensively individuals work in this mode, the lower their work-to- family conflict, but the higher their family-to -work conflict.
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Dispositional approach to job satisfaction: Role of negative affectivity.
Ira Levin,Joseph P. Stokes +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a recherche porte sur la relation entre affectivite negative (N.A), definie comme une disposition individuelle tendant a faire eprouver surtout les etats emotionnels aversifs, and la satisfaction affirmee dans le travail.
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