1. Consider a job you held in the past. Analyze the job using the framework of the job characteristics model.

2. Do you think it is a good idea for companies to emphasize person organization fit when hiring new employees? What advantages and disadvantages do you see when hiring people who fit with company values?

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Against the background of the job characteristics model framework, this paper analyzes my previous job experience as a corporate executive driver. The job characteristics model is a theory of work design advanced by Richard Hackman and Greg Oldham. The theory’s central premise is that the nature or features of a task or job exert key influences on the motivation of the employee. Accordingly, dreary and monotonous tasks often suppress an employee’s motivation whereas exciting and challenging tasks often fuel employee motivation. Therefore, the job characteristics theory focuses on the need to enrich the job environment and experience as a way of enhancing the employees’ motivation. Hackman & Oldham (1975) posit that every job or task consists of five fundamental aspects that result in three crucial psychological conditions …

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