scholarly journals The construct equivalence of the job diagnostic survey for diverse South African cultural groups

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Vorster ◽  
C. Olckers ◽  
M. A. Buys ◽  
P. Schaap
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
South African ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Job Characteristics Model ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Construct Equivalence ◽  
Job Diagnostic Survey ◽  
African Cultural Groups

The Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) and the Job Characteristics Model (JCM) have been widely used in South African organisations. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the JDS is useful if it is applied to a particular population or to groups from highly dissimilar backgrounds. Cultural diversity research has revealed differences between the values, attitudes and leadership styles of people from different cultural groups. In this study, Hackman and Oldham’s JDS was applied to Black and White employees (n=66) to determine construct equivalence for these two cultural groups. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed that there were no significant differences between the Black and White groups tested, suggesting that the JDS could be applied to different population groups. Opsomming Die Pos-diagnostiese vraelys (JDS) en die Pos-kenmerke Model (JCM) word wydverspreid deur Suid-Afrikaanse organisasies gebruik. Die doel van hierdie studie was om te bepaal of die JDS van toepassing is op verskillende kultuurgroepe. Navorsing rakende kultuurdiversiteit het aangetoon dat daar verskille bestaan rakende die waardes, houdings en leierskapstyle van verskillende kultuurgroepe. In hierdie studie is die (JDS) van Hackman en Oldham toegepas op Swart- en Blanke werknemers (n=677) ten einde die konstruk-ekwivalensie daarvan bepaal. ’n Bevestigende faktorontleding het aangetoon dat daar geen betekenisvolle verskille bestaan tussen die Swart- en Blankegroepe wat getoets is nie. Die aanname word dus gemaak dat die JDS toegepas kan word op verskillende populasiegroepe.

scholarly journals Using the job characteristics model to compare patient care assignment methods of nurses

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-405
Author(s):  
A. H. Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Functional Method ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Individual Growth ◽  
Psychological States ◽  
Job Characteristics Model ◽  
Nurses Perceptions ◽  
Job Diagnostic Survey ◽  
Intensive Care Unit Nurses

The aim of this study was to use Hackman and Oldman’s job characteristics model to compare 2 methods of patient care assignment as perceived by nurses in 12 inpatient units of Alexandria Main University Hospital. The job diagnostic survey was used to determine nurses’ perceptions toward the components of the model in relation to their performance in utilizing the case and functional methods of patient care assignment. The jobs of intensive care unit nurses who utilized the case method were more enriched than those who utilized the functional method of assignment in the general care units, in terms of their perception scores towards all parts of the model [core job characteristics, critical psychological states, affective and personal outcomes, context satisfaction and individual growth-need strength]

Single-Source Response Bias in the Job Diagnostic Survey

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 531-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
William D. Spangler
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Response Bias ◽  
Implicit Theories ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Single Source ◽  
Job Characteristics Model ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Job Diagnostic Survey ◽  
Response Biases

Tests of the job characteristics model using the Job Diagnostic Survey have been criticized in the literature for having single-source response bias. To test this criticism, undergraduate and graduate students used the Job Diagnostic Survey to describe their job as “student” (the pretest). The same students then worked at and described a contrived job using the survey. Results from the current study suggested that personality and instrument characteristics had relatively minimal effects on interscale correlations of the scores in the survey within and across situations. However, response biases attributable to priming, consistency, and implicit theories artificially inflated interscale correlations.

Performance of Black and White South African Children on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—Revised and the Kaufman Assessment Battery

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 727-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mervyn Skuy ◽  
Mandy Taylor ◽  
Shelley O'Carroll ◽  
Peter Fridjhon ◽  
Lesley Rosenthal
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Black Children ◽  
Learning Problems ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Assessment Battery ◽  
Black And White ◽  
African Children ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
South African Children

The validity of traditional intelligence tests for cultural groups that differ from those for whom the tests were normed has come under scrutiny. This is particularly the case for the previously disadvantaged black majority in South Africa. The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K–ABC) is reportedly a relatively nondiscriminatory test of intellectual functioning. This study compared the performance of 21 black and 35 white third-grade South African children on the K–ABC and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale–Revised (WISC–R) at two schools for children with learning problems. While the WISC–R Verbal and Full Scale IQ of black children were significantly lower than that of whites, there was no significant difference between these groups on the K–ABC. Teachers' ratings for white and black pupils were acceptably concordant with students' performance on the K–ABC but not on the WISC–R. Support is provided for the usefulness of the K–ABC as a relatively nondiscriminatory alternative to the WISC–R for South African children.

Der Job Diagnostic Survey im Bildungsbereich

2001 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rolf van Dick ◽  
Christiane Schnitger ◽  
Carla Schwartzmann-Buchelt ◽  
Ulrich Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Job Characteristics Model ◽  
Job Diagnostic Survey

Zusammenfassung. Das Job Characteristics Model (JCM, Hackman & Oldham, 1975 , 1980 ) postuliert Beziehungen zwischen Tätigkeitsmerkmalen, psychologischen Erlebniszuständen und Arbeitszufriedenheit sowie intrinsischer Motivation. Der Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) als operationale Umsetzung der Modellvorstellungen wurde häufig in Untersuchungen in Produktion und Management verwendet und hat sich in diesen Bereichen bewährt. Mit einer deutschsprachigen Weiterentwicklung des JDS soll in dieser Arbeit überprüft werden, ob die Modellvorstellungen des JCM außerhalb des gewerblichen Bereichs Gültigkeit besitzen. Der JDS wurde zwei Lehrerstichproben (N=201, N=190), Hochschulangehörigen (N=146) und Erzieherinnen (N=80) vorgegeben. Die Items wurden an die verschiedenen Berufe adaptiert, zum Teil modifiziert oder völlig neu konzipiert. Die faktorielle Struktur des JDS konnte nicht exakt repliziert werden. Mit den neu gebildeten Skalen wurden die Modellvorhersagen des JCM anhand von Strukturgleichungsanalysen (EQS) überprüft: Dabei war in allen Stichproben ein direkter Einfluss von den Tätigkeitsmerkmalen auf die Arbeitszufriedenheit einzuführen, um eine gute Modellpassung zu erreichen. Die Tätigkeitsmerkmale haben den vorhergesagten Einfluss auf die psychologischen Erlebniszustände Bedeutsamkeit bzw. Verantwortlichkeit und Wissen um die Resultate. Die letztgenannte Variable hängt nicht durchgängig mit den Auswirkungen der Arbeit zusammen, wie von Hackman und Oldham angenommen.

scholarly journals A review of research on the Job Characteristics Model and the attendant job diagnostic survey

2001 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Billy Boonzaier ◽  
Bernhard Ficker ◽  
Braam Rust
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Support ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Conceptual Tool ◽  
Psychological States ◽  
Job Characteristics Model ◽  
Job Diagnostic Survey

The Job Characteristics Model is widely accepted as a conceptual tool for addressing problems related to employee demotivation, dissatisfaction and marginal performance. The validity of the Job Characteristics Model (Hackman & Oldham, 1980) was assessed by reviewing relevant studies of the model. The review and evaluation is based on studies which test the variables and the relationships between variables as contained in the model. The evidence confirms that the dimensionality of the job characteristics is best represented by the five-factor solution as proposed by the model. The subjective self-report measures of the five job characteristics as formulated by the theory and measured by the revised Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) are also supported. No evidence was found for the multiplicative Motivating Potential Score (MPS) and as a result the use of a simple additive index of job complexity is recommended as predictor of personal and work outcomes. Strong empirical support exists for the relationships between the job characteristics and the personal outcomes. Strong relationships between the job characteristics and the work outcomes, however, fail to materialize. Results fail to support the mediating effect of psychological states on the job characteristics/outcomes relationships as specified by the model. The postulated relationships between job characteristics and psychological states are also not confirmed by empirical evidence. The role of growth-need strength, knowledge and skill, and work environment characteristics as moderators of the relationships between job characteristics and psychological states, as well as the relationships between psychological states and personal and work outcomes, are seriously questioned. Directions for future research on the Job Characteristics Model and the attendant Job Diagnostic Survey are proposed.

Wrapping Blocks: A Fun Way to Teach Job Design

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-162
Author(s):  
Regina Yanson ◽  
Melissa J. Mann
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Job Design ◽  
Graduate Level ◽  
Experiential Teaching ◽  
The Core ◽  
Job Characteristics Model ◽  
Core Elements

This article provides an overview of job design and offers an experiential teaching exercise to help students develop a better comprehension of job design and redesign, as well as learn the importance and challenges of such undertakings. Understanding the core elements of job design is especially important because job design serves as the foundational block for a deeper understanding and application of other organizational phenomenon such as the job characteristics model. This exercise is intended for the introductory undergraduate and graduate-level human resource management course as well as any courses covering “staffing.” Additionally, this activity may be used in the undergraduate Principles of Management or associated introductory management class.

Nursing Bottle Caries

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 748-749
Author(s):  
Barbara D. Richardson ◽  
Peter E. Cleaton-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Young Children ◽  
South African ◽  
Urban Children ◽  
Sucrose Intake ◽  
Black And White ◽  
African Black ◽  
Rural Group

The report of Shelton et al. on nursing bottle caries (Pediatrics 59:777, May 1977), which was described as a "devastating condition that may render young children dental cripples," was of great interest to us. We have recently made a study of dental caries and sucrose intake in a series of South African black and white preschool children. The condition so lucidly described by the above workers is identical to the labial caries noted in the canine and incisor teeth in our groups.1 In children under 3 years, the prevalence of labial caries in a black rural group of 109 children was 12.8%; this proportion was not significantly greater than found in 122 white urban children, namely, 9.8%.

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