Job Characteristics Model
Hackman, Oldham · 1976 · JCM
Summary
The Job Characteristics Model (JCM) specifies five core job dimensions — skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback from the job — that map to three critical psychological states (experienced meaningfulness, experienced responsibility, knowledge of results), which in turn produce internal work motivation, job satisfaction, and performance. The model also introduces growth need strength and knowledge and skill as individual moderators. JCM operationalized the design-the-work tradition into one of the most influential measurement programs in organizational psychology and underwrites the Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS).
Canonical constructs
- construct.skill_variety (unresolved)
- Task Identity
- Task Significance
- Autonomy
- construct.feedback_from_job (unresolved)
- construct.experienced_meaningfulness (unresolved)
- construct.experienced_responsibility (unresolved)
- construct.knowledge_of_results (unresolved)
- construct.internal_motivation (unresolved)
- Job Satisfaction
- Task Performance
Canonical relations
| From | Predicate | To | Central | Mechanism |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| construct.skill_variety | predicts | construct.experienced_meaningfulness | yes | |
| construct.task_identity | predicts | construct.experienced_meaningfulness | yes | |
| construct.task_significance | predicts | construct.experienced_meaningfulness | yes | |
| construct.autonomy | predicts | construct.experienced_responsibility | yes | |
| construct.feedback_from_job | predicts | construct.knowledge_of_results | yes | |
| construct.experienced_meaningfulness | predicts | construct.internal_motivation | yes | |
| construct.internal_motivation | predicts | construct.task_performance | yes | |
| construct.internal_motivation | predicts | construct.job_satisfaction | yes |
Synthesized priors (where available) live under /registry/priors/{from}/{predicate}/{to}.
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