The Influence of Employee Participation in Job Redesign.

Abstract

A 2 1/2 day simulation of an organization was conducted. Five groups of participants worked with identical job designs on the first day, then had their jobs redesigned by the supervisor or through employee participation, and then worked a second day on the new jobs. Job changes and affective responses were measured using the Job Diagnostic Survey. Results showed that supervisors focused more on vertically loading the jobs, while employees were more concerned with social aspects of the work. Employee satisfaction improved more under employee participation. Identical changes were perceived to be 'better' by employees who participated in their design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA036722

Entities

People

  • Irmtraud Streker Seeborg

Organizations

  • Yale University

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Classification
  • Identities
  • Intervention
  • Motivation
  • Observers
  • Perception
  • Personnel Management
  • Questionnaires
  • Schools
  • Security
  • Simulations
  • Soldering
  • Supervisors
  • Tape Recording
  • Universities
  • Work Stations

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