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Pierce, Jon L. – Personnel Administrator, 1980
Reviews studies of the relationship of job design and redesign (including skill required, variety afforded, autonomy allowed, identity of the task required, significance of the task required, feedback given, and friendship opportunities offered) to employee satisfaction and performance. (JM)
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employee Responsibility, History, Job Analysis
Download full textEstler, Suzanne E. – 1982
Three technical reports and abstracts of colloquium papers are presented as part of a research project concerning the specification and testing of alternative models of intraorganizational career mobility among nonteaching professionals in universities. This project phase involved: the development of a model of evolving jobs as an alternative to…
Descriptors: College Environment, Conferences, Databases, Employment Practices
Dubin, Samuel S., Ed.; And Others – 1974
The book contains papers presented at a July 1973 conference sponsored by the Engineering Foundation of New York City, the American Psychological Association, and the Engineering Foundation for Professional Development. The papers examine the psychological and motivational changes which occur in midcareer engineers (Approximately age 40), with…
Descriptors: Age, Age Differences, Behavior Change, Conference Reports
Watson, Thomas W.; Zumbro, Patrick A. – 1977
The main text of this report consists of a review and evaluation of job enrichment as an approach to job redesign, with implications for Air Force research and application. In addition, two appendixes are included: the first, a supplemental historical discussion; the second, a ninety-six-item annotated bibliography. Specific objectives are to…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Behavior Theories, Job Development, Job Enrichment
Nash, Al – 1977
Diverse opinions are held by workers, union officials, and labor researchers about the importance of the quality of working life to workers. Major issues in this debate focus on the following questions: (1) Is there a workers' movement to improve the quality of working life? (2) Do workers seek meaning and self-fulfillment in their jobs? (3) Can…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Experiments, Failure
Murray, Jennifer – 1989
This self-instructional unit for supervisors and managers in the British hotel and catering industry is based on the view that problems in staff recruitment and retention are directly linked to the level of job satisfaction. The document begins with an introduction and advice on how to use the unit. Five sections cover the following topics: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration Education, Conflict Resolution, Employee Attitudes
