Human Resource Management 7th Edition by Raymond Noe, John Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart, Patrick Wright

Exercise 12

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 circle 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.
The need to use a variety of complex skills 1 2 3 4 5
Add the scores for the pairs of items that measure each job characteristic. A higher score for a characteristic means that characteristic is more important to you.
Skill Variety: The degree to which a job requires you to use a variety of skills.
Item 1: _____ + Item 7: _____ = _____
Task Identity: The degree to which a job requires completion of a whole and identifiable piece of work.
Item 4: _____ + Item 9: _____ = _____
Task Significance: The degree to which a job has an impact on the lives or work of others.
Item 2: _____ + Item 6: _____ = _____
Autonomy: The degree to which a job provides freedom, empowerment, and discretion in scheduling the work and determining processes and procedures for completing the work.
Item 3: _____ + Item 8: _____ = _____
Feedback: The degree to which carrying out job-related tasks and activities provides you with direct and clear information about your effectiveness.
Item 5 _____ + Item 10: _____ = _____