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Technological differences in job characteristics, employee satisfaction, and motivation: A synthesis of job design research and sociotechnical systems theory

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A review of job design research and sociotechnical systems theory suggests that both of these approaches converge in their emphasis on a common set of job characteristics as important to employee satisfaction and motivation.
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This article is published in Organizational Behavior and Human Performance.The article was published on 1977-06-01. It has received 271 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Job attitude & Job satisfaction.

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Integrating Motivational, Social, and Contextual Work Design Features: A Meta-Analytic Summary and Theoretical Extension of the Work Design Literature

TL;DR: The authors developed and meta-analytically examined hypotheses designed to test and extend work design theory by integrating motivational, social, and work context characteristics to suggest numerous opportunities for the continued development of work design Theory and practice.
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The application of exploratory factor analysis in applied psychology: a critical review and analysis

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, and Personnel Psychology over a ten-year period (1975-1984) and located 152 studies that employed factor analysis and analyzed the choices made by the researchers concerning factor model, retention criteria, rotation, interpretation of factors and other issues relevant to factor analysis.
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The validity of the job characteristics model: a review and meta‐analysis

TL;DR: This paper conducted a comprehensive review of nearly 200 relevant studies on the model as well as by applying meta-analytic procedures to a large portion of the data and found that the available correlational results are reasonably valid in light of the issues examined.
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Organizations in Action

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The Principles of Scientific Management

TL;DR: The Taylor System as discussed by the authors was developed as a system for increasing productivity in industry, and its principles have been applied to all kinds of large-scale enterprises, including operations with departments and agencies of the federal government.