Journal article
Work redesign: Eight obstacles and opportunities
Human resource management, Vol.44(4), pp.367-390
12/01/2005
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20080
Abstract
Successful work-design initiatives must overcome many obstacles in order to have their intended impact.This article outlines eight obstacles to work redesign: (1) influences on multiple outcomes, (2) trade-offs between different approaches, (3) difficulty in choosing appropriate units of analysis, (4) difficulty in predicting the nature of the job, (5) complications from individual differences, (6) job enlargement occurring without job enrichment, (7) creating new jobs as part of growth or downsizing, and (8) differences between longterm and short- term effects. This article examines the nature of these eight obstacles, reviews prior research on this topic, and outlines suggestions for managing these obstacles in practice
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Work redesign: Eight obstacles and opportunities
- Creators
- Michael A. Campion - Purdue University SystemTroy V. Mumford - Purdue University SystemFrederick P. Morgeson - Michigan State UniversityJennifer D. Nahrgang - Michigan State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Human resource management, Vol.44(4), pp.367-390
- Publisher
- Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
- DOI
- 10.1002/hrm.20080
- ISSN
- 0090-4848
- eISSN
- 1099-050X
- Number of pages
- 24
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2005
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984403064802771
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