Contemporary Theories Of Motivation (cont. Designing Motivating Jobs (cont.) -Job Characteristics Model (JCM)-conceptual framework for analyzing jobs jobs described in terms of five core characteristics -skill yarey-degree to which job requires a variety of activities >more variety,greater need to use different skills -task idertiny-degree to which job requires completion of an identifiable piece of work -task signifcance -degree to which job has substantial impact on the lives of other people these three characteristics create meaningful work ©Prentice Hall,2002 16-23Contemporary Theories Of Motivation (cont.) Designing Motivating Jobs (cont.) – Job Characteristics Model (JCM) - conceptual framework for analyzing jobs • jobs described in terms of five core characteristics – skill variety - degree to which job requires a variety of activities »more variety, greater need to use different skills – task identity - degree to which job requires completion of an identifiable piece of work – task significance - degree to which job has substantial impact on the lives of other people – these three characteristics create meaningful work © Prentice Hall, 2002 16-23