Core Job Characteristics

• Skill Variety: use of different skills and talents to complete a variety of work activities
• Task Identity: the degree to which a job requires completion of a whole or identifiable piece of work
• Task Significance: the degree to which the job affects the organization and/or larger society
• Autonomy: provide freedom, independence, and discretion in scheduling the work and determining the procedures to be used to complete the work
• Feedback: employees can tell how well they are doing from direct sensory information from the job itself