Author Question: Which of the following is LEAST LIKELY one of the reasons why midcareer workers often experience ... (Read 13 times)

frankwu · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

Which of the following is LEAST LIKELY one of the reasons why midcareer workers often experience career plateaus?

A) Hierarchical organizations have fewer promotion opportunities for workers as workers move up the organizational ladder.
B) Competition for promotion opportunities is intense and has been made more so by many corporate downsizing and the offshoring of jobs.
C) Changes in technology or the lack of important new skills and abilities may limit the opportunity to be promoted.
D) Workers in this stage are no longer interested in career development and promotion due to a growing focus on personal endeavors.

Question 2

According to Hackman and Oldham, what three critical psychological states determine how employees react to the design of their jobs?

What will be an ideal response?

lauravaras · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

Hackman and Oldham proposed that the following three critical psychological states determine how employees react to the design of their jobs: experienced meaningfulness of work, experienced responsibility for work outcomes, and knowledge of results.

Employees who perceive that their jobs are high in skill variety, task identity, and task significance attain the first critical psychological stateexperienced meaningfulness of the work. Experienced meaningfulness of the work is the degree to which employees feel their jobs are important, worthwhile, and meaningful. The second critical psychological state, experienced responsibility for work outcomes, is the extent to which employees feel they are personally responsible or accountable for their job performance. This psychological state stems from the core dimension of autonomy. The third critical psychological state, knowledge of results, is the degree to which employees know how well they perform their jobs on a continuous basis; it stems from the core dimension of feedback.