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Work Characteristics

Work Characteristics is a theoretical construct within organizational psychology that denotes the definable and measurable attributes of a job—such as skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback—which collectively influence employee motivation, performance, and satisfaction.

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Job Characteristics

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Development of the Job Diagnostic Survey.

J. Richard Hackman, Greg R. Oldham · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1975 · 7.2K citations

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The Work Design Questionnaire (WDQ): Developing and validating a comprehensive measure for assessing job design and the nature of work.

Frederick P. Morgeson, Stephen E. Humphrey · Journal of Applied Psychology · 2006 · 2.9K citations

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Employee reactions to job characteristics.

J. Richard Hackman, Edward E. Lawler · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1971 · 2.5K citations

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RELATIONS BETWEEN WORK GROUP CHARACTERISTICS AND EFFECTIVENESS: IMPLICATIONS FOR DESIGNING EFFECTIVE WORK GROUPS

Michael A. Campion, Gina J. Medsker, A. Catherine Higgs · Personnel Psychology · 1993 · 2.2K citations

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A personality trait-based interactionist model of job performance.

Robert P. Tett, Dawn D. Burnett · Journal of Applied Psychology · 2003 · 2.2K citations

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  1. RJ
    Ronald J. Burke

    York University, Canada

    46 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. MK
    Mika Kivimäki

    University College London, United Kingdom

    30 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. TW
    Toon W. Taris

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    25 publications · 3.5K citations

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  4. WB
    Wilmar B. Schaufeli

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    19 publications · 4.1K citations

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  5. JV
    Jussi Vahtera

    Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland

    16 publications · 1.4K citations

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Institutions

2.2K

  1. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    37 h-index

    79 publications

    9.4K citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    34 h-index

    104 publications

    15.5K citations

  3. Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

    Helsinki, Finland

    33 h-index

    142 publications

    16.2K citations

  4. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    30 h-index

    96 publications

    10.7K citations

  5. Maastricht University

    Maastricht, The Netherlands

    28 h-index

    98 publications

    8.4K citations

  6. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    28 h-index

    93 publications

    5.1K citations

  7. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    27 h-index

    70 publications

    3.4K citations

  8. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    21 h-index

    74 publications

    4K citations

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  1. Journal of Applied Psychology

    40 publications · 21K citations

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  2. Work & Stress

    34 publications · 6.4K citations

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  3. Journal of Organizational Behavior

    OB · 28 publications · 7.3K citations

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  4. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health

    33 publications · 4.6K citations

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  5. Human Relations

    23 publications · 2.9K citations

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