Work Matters_ Job Design in Classic and Contemporary Perspectives-part-8.pdf

Work Matters ● Impact of macroscopic environmental variables and cultural differences on job design: ○ Changing nature of workforce: ■ Greater diversity ■ More educated employees ■ Aging population ○ Job design models influenced by: ■ National cultures ■ Institutional fields ■ Organizational struct...

Work Matters ● Impact of macroscopic environmental variables and cultural differences on job design: ○ Changing nature of workforce: ■ Greater diversity ■ More educated employees ■ Aging population ○ Job design models influenced by: ■ National cultures ■ Institutional fields ■ Organizational structures ■ Emerging technologies ● Unanswered questions in job design research: ○ Role of individual differences - going beyond the Big5, gender differences work–family conflict? ○ Job design as a decision-making process - managers decisions, biases and norms? ○ Interactions among job characteristics - high task significance compensates for low autonomy? ○ Curvilinear effects - U-shaped relationship between job characteristics and attitudinal and behavioral outcomes ○ Units of analysis - focus on jobs and tasks? or roles? ○ Multidimensionality of characteristics - varying items in characteristics? ● Autonomy, task significance, and interpersonal contact ● Social support, job feedback, and task interdependence ■ Understanding multiple dimensions of job characteristics can enhance job design research ■ Trade-offs between respondent burden and comprehensiveness ■ Acknowledging multidimensional aspects of job characteristics can help explore nuances and complexities of job design ● Suggestions for further research: ○ Move beyond growth need strength as primary individual difference moderator ○ Explore roles of knowledge, skills, abilities, work orientations, gender differences ○ Impact of individual values, interests, abilities in moderating reactions to job design