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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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The employee-organization relationship: a timely concept in a period of transition
Lynn M. Shore,Lois E. Tetrick,M.Susan Taylor,Jaqueline A.-M Coyle Shapiro,Robert C. Liden,Judi Mclean Parks,Elizabeth Wolfe Morrison,Lyman W. Porter,Sandra L. Robinson,Mark V. Roehling,Denise M. Rousseau,René Schalk,Anne S. Tsui,Linn Van Dyne +13 more
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Work and nonwork predictors of employees' retirement ages.
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Psychometric measures of boredom: a review of the literature.
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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.