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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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Generation effects on work engagement among U.S. hotel employees
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Nurse educators’ workplace empowerment, burnout, and job satisfaction: testing Kanter's theory
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Leadership behavior and employee well-being: An integrated review and a future research agenda
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One hundred years of work design research: Looking back and looking forward.
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