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Ability Requirement Implications of Job Design: An Interdisciplinary Perspective.
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Campion, Michael A. – Personnel Psychology, 1989
Measured multiple approaches to job design and examined relationships with ability requirements, using two distinctly different samples (total N=213 jobs), different measures of job design, and ability requirements. Found that motivational attributes of jobs related positively to mental ability requirements; other approaches to job design related…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Competence, Interdisciplinary Approach, Job Development
Implementation of Compressed Work Schedules: Participation and Job Redesign as Critical Factors for Employee Acceptance.
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Latack, Janina C.; Foster, Lawrence W. – Personnel Psychology, 1985
Analyzes the effects of an implementation of a three-day/thirty-eight hour (3/38) work schedule among information systems personnel (N=84). Data showed that 18 months after implementation, 3/38 employees still strongly favor the compressed schedule. Data also suggest substantial organizational payoffs including reductions in sick time, overtime,…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employees, Flexible Working Hours, Job Development
The World of Nonwork: Some Implications for Job Re-Design Efforts.
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Champoux, Joseph E. – Personnel Psychology, 1980
Compensatory and spillover models of adjustment to work are described. Data from a pharmaceutical firm and two research and development organizations are examined to illustrate operation of these models. Evidence of both the compensatory and spillover models were found for several different groups of workers. (Author)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Employees, Job Development, Job Satisfaction
Applications of Moderated Regression in Job Design Research.
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Champoux, Joseph E.; Peters, William S. – Personnel Psychology, 1980
Applications of moderated regression analysis in five areas of job design research are described and fully illustrated with actual survey data. Moderated regression analysis was superior to a subgroups analysis for the research questions being asked by investigators interested in job design research. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Employee Attitudes, Employees, Job Analysis
Sources of Variation in Job Satisfaction: Job Size Effects in a Sample of the U.S. Labor Force
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Friend, Kenneth E.; Burns, Lawton R. – Personnel Psychology, 1977
Survey data were used to examine hypotheses about job size and satisfaction in a broad spectrum of jobs. Job size, higher-order need importance, urban-rural residence, and blue or white-collar job category were tested as predictors of satisfaction. Results are discussed in terms of three potential sources of variation in satisfaction: job, person,…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Job Development, Job Satisfaction, Multiple Regression Analysis