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The job characteristics of computing and non‐computing work activities
Author(s) -
Medcof John W.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1996.tb00610.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , psychology , job analysis , job design , job attitude , job performance , social psychology , computer science , applied psychology , job satisfaction , engineering , mechanical engineering
The data in this study show that the degree to which computers have a positive or negative effect upon job characteristics depends upon the relative amounts of time spent at the computing and non‐computing components of a job, the nature of the work done on the computer, and the nature of the work done apart from the computer. The beginnings of a theoretical explanation for the effects of these variables upon job characteristics, and for the finding that different job characteristics are differentially affected by them, are also presented.