You will also answer the following questions:
What two job characteristics are most important to you? Why?
What two job characteristics are least important? Why?
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Q: The opportunity to perform a number of different activities each day.
Very Little Little A Moderate Amount Much
Very Much
Q: The need to use a variety of complex skills.
Very Little Little A Moderate Amount Much
Very Much
Q: The ability to see projects or jobs through to completion, rather than performing only one piece of the job.
The characteristics of your job influence your overall satisfaction with the job. One way to be satisfied at work is to find a job with the characteristics that you find desirable. The following assessment is a look at what kind of job is likely to satisfy you.
The following phrases describe different job characteristics. Read each phrase, then select a number to indicate how much of the job characteristic you would like. Use the following scale: 1 = very little; 2 = little; 3 = a moderate amount; 4 = much; 5 = very much.
Source: Adapted from R. Daft and R. Noe, Organizational Behavior (New York: Harcourt, 2001).
Skill Variety
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Task Identity
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Very Little Little A Moderate Amount Much
Very Much
Q: Time and resources to do an entire piece of work from beginning to end.
Very Little Little A Moderate Amount Much
Very Much
Q: Contributing something signi�cant to the company.
Very Little Little A Moderate Amount Much
Very Much
Q: A feeling that the quality of my work is important to others in the company.
Very Little Little A Moderate Amount Much
Very Much
Q: The freedom to determine how to do my job.
Very Little Little A Moderate Amount Much
Very Much
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Task Signi�cance
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Autonomy
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Q: Responsibility to act and make decisions independently of managers or supervisors.
Very Little Little A Moderate Amount Much
Very Much
Q: Seeing the results of my work, so I can get an idea of how well I am doing the job.
Very Little Little A Moderate Amount Much
Very Much
Q: Getting feedback about my performance from the work itself.
Very Little Little A Moderate Amount Much
Very Much
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Feedback
Results
Skill Variety
Skill Variety
0 10
8 8/10
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Range 0 to 5
Your points could range from 0 to 5. A higher score for a characteristic means that characteristic is more important to you.
Task Identity
Task Identity
0 10
10 10/10
Range 0 to 5
Your points could range from 0 to 5. A higher score for a characteristic means that characteristic is more important to you.
Task Signi�cance
Task Signi�cance
0 10
10 10/10
Range 0 to 5
Your points could range from 0 to 5. A higher score for a characteristic means that characteristic is more important to you.
Autonomy
Autonomy 0 10
9 9/10
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Range 0 to 5
Your points could range from 0 to 5. A higher score for a characteristic means that characteristic is more important to you.
Feedback
Feedback 0 10
10 10/10
Range 0 to 5
Your points could range from 0 to 5. A higher score for a characteristic means that characteristic is more important to you.
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