Taking the Measure of Work: A Guide to Validated Scales for Organizational Research and Diagnosis

Dail L.Fields

doi:10.4135/9781452231143

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Introduces key theoretical and epistemological concepts replete with historical and current real-world examples. Author Jerry W. Willis provides an invaluable resource to guide the critical and qualitative inquiry process written in an accessible and non-intimidating style that brings these otherwise difficult concepts to life.

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Job Characteristics

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Dail L. Fields
In:Taking the Measure of Work: A Guide to Validated Scales for Organizational Research and Diagnosis
Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452231143
Subject:Business and Management, Marketing, Sociology
Keywords:Academy of Management; American Psychological Association; aptitude; autonomy; competence; computer use; copyright; decision making; Dictionary of Occupational Titles; empowerment; feedback; friendship; identity; interdependence; job characteristics; job description; job design; job performance; job satisfaction; journals; knowledge; latitude; motor skills; organizational commitment; organizational politics; organizations; pay; performance appraisal; problem solving; satisfaction; scale; supervision; supervisors; workers; working conditions

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Job Characteristics

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The demand for valid measures of job characteristics is driven by continuing efforts in organizations to determine the features of jobs that induce employees to work harder and perform better. One of the most widely used perspectives of how aspects of jobs affect employee willingness to ...

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  Fields, D. L., 2002. Taking the Measure of Work: A Guide to Validated Scales for Organizational Research and Diagnosis. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. Available at: <https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452231143> [Accessed 4 Jun 2023].
  
  Fields, Dail L. Taking the Measure of Work: A Guide to Validated Scales for Organizational Research and Diagnosis. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2002. Sage Research Methods, 4 Jun 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452231143.
  
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