Discuss examples of work contexts within which you have worked. Did your job’s design take advantage of the work context or did it conflict with the work context? What were your reactions?

CONTEXTUAL FACTORS IN JOB DESIGN
Contextual factors such as organizational design, work process technologies, and management behavior can affect the designs of people’s jobs and their reaction to them. Figure 9.3 shows the context factors discussed in the following sections.

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Organizational design Objective job characteristics Perceived core job characteristics Factors affecting perception of objective job characteristics Technology Critical psychological states Individual and organization moderators Management behavior Affective and behavioral outcomes Figure 9.3: Context Factors and the Job Characteristics Theory of Work Motivation