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JOB DESIGN EFFECT ON STAFF TURNOVER



JOB DESIGN EFFECT ON STAFF TURNOVER

Job Design
Job design describes the work, duties, responsibilities, qualifications and relationship required to perform the assigned job or which specifies the requirements of a particular job in order to achieve organizational goals through employee engagement.

Adler (1991) defines job design as  systems in which employees reported higher perceptions of skill variety, task significance, autonomy, and feedback reported higher levels of satisfaction and internal work motivation.


Taylor (1947), Gilbreth (1911) systematically examined jobs with various techniques. They suggested that task design might be the most prominent element in scientific management.



Source: Business Jargons

In 1960s, motivational issues aroused in industries due to an imbalance situation between employee educational levels and employee participation levels. The problem further developed by traditional concepts and controls of organization. To overcome this situation job characteristics model was developed. The model relates job contents to the motivation and satisfaction of the employees.    

Employee turnover issues are mainly related with job satisfaction and lack of motivation in the job role and the history has also proven that the issues are overcome through developing specific job designs for the employees.

Locke (1969) defied job satisfaction as "a function of the perceived relationship between what one wants from one's job and what one perceives it as offering"


Individual motivation is viewed as a direct force job satisfaction. Individual motivation relates to job design to determine the workers level of job satisfaction and satisfaction level relates to the turnover, absentees and illness occurring in the organization. 

Benefits of Job Design
  • Job design makes the work more interesting and challenging, which motivates employees for higher level of performance and commitment.
  • Systematic job design tries to adapt to environmental changes which produces positive result on changing competitive environment.
  • A properly designed job role leads to improve quality of work life. Properly designed work schedule and job role give space to employees to plan their own development and also to improve the organizational output.
  • Job design approach provides related data and information on required skills and knowledge to perform the task. The required work and schedules are prepared based on the provided information, which helps to find the best fit for the job.




References
Adler, N.J. (1991), International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior, 2nd ed., PWS-Kent, Boston, MA, pp. 58-60.

Locke, E. A. (1969). What is job satisfaction? Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 4, 309-336.

Taylor, F.W. (1947), The Principles of Scientific Management, Harper and Brothers, New York, NY.

Gilbreth, F.B. (1911), Motion Study, Van Nostrand, Princeton, NJ.

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  1. JinendranOctober 20, 2019 at 7:44 AM

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  2. JinendranOctober 20, 2019 at 7:44 AM

    Different between Human Resource Management and Personal ManagementSeptember 15, 2019 at 8:11 PM
    I think you have done superb work beacuse as a manager I am really interest about article. Job design is not easy task and l learn lot form here.

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    JinendranSeptember 16, 2019 at 9:11 AM
    Thanks for your comment.

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  3. JinendranOctober 20, 2019 at 7:45 AM

    Anupama KankanamgeSeptember 16, 2019 at 9:37 AM
    Job design is very important to have a motivated , productive and happy team. Which always needs for a successful organization. Very good article. Good luck

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    JinendranSeptember 16, 2019 at 10:11 AM
    Thank you Anupama for your comment.

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  4. JinendranOctober 20, 2019 at 7:45 AM

    AchalaSeptember 16, 2019 at 11:31 PM
    Thanks Jinendran for the blog post. Job design done to achieve the goals through employee engagement. We have seen that if we done this process an effective way, employees happiness index indicator will be increased . How the Bank sectors employee happiness index is being checked and how the systematic job design is happening in the sector?

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    JinendranSeptember 20, 2019 at 1:00 AM
    Thank you Achala for your valuable comments. According to me there is no any index to measure employee happiness in banks but we have some activities like counseling and feed back sessions and those are only one way communication. And coming to job design most branch bank activities are now centralized and which gave employees to chose their specialized job profile.

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  5. JinendranOctober 20, 2019 at 7:45 AM

    nethralSeptember 16, 2019 at 11:53 PM
    Interesting article .effective job design can be used as a driving force for organization success through committed and motivated team .Good job ....

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    JinendranSeptember 20, 2019 at 1:00 AM
    Thank you for your comments.

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  6. JinendranOctober 20, 2019 at 7:45 AM

    Wasantha ArunasiriSeptember 20, 2019 at 5:39 PM
    good explain jinendran. we can get knowledge about JOB DESIGN EFFECT ON STAFF TURNOVER.Thanks for sharing your knowledge..

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    JinendranSeptember 23, 2019 at 8:03 AM
    Thank you for your comment Wasantha.

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  7. JinendranOctober 20, 2019 at 7:46 AM

    Malintha GannileSeptember 23, 2019 at 7:55 AM
    Interesting article , nicely explained about Job Design Effect on staff turnover, we can get the idea from this article. thanks for sharing this.

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    JinendranSeptember 23, 2019 at 8:04 AM
    Thank you for your comment Malintha.

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  8. JinendranOctober 20, 2019 at 7:46 AM

    NamilaOctober 2, 2019 at 3:38 AM
    Very good article,Job design is very important to have a motivated , productive and happy team. Which always needs for a successful organization.

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    JinendranOctober 12, 2019 at 3:38 AM
    Thanks Namila.

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  9. JinendranOctober 20, 2019 at 7:46 AM

    PrasannaOctober 8, 2019 at 4:58 PM
    Thanks this has been so inspiring article. Job design has advantages for both the organisation and the employees. The organizational benefits are the 1. increased productivity and efficiency, 2. effective team work, 3. skilled employees ready to meet the job position requirements, 4. targeted training of employees which increases the human capital accumulation, 5. effective talent management, and 6. finally improved employee attraction, commitment and retention.

    This article has examined few of the job design techniques. With this job design offers clarity of the role and the responsibility of the employee, targeted training in order to meet the future needs and finally increased job satisfaction and commitment to the organisation. Thanks for sharing.

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    JinendranOctober 12, 2019 at 3:40 AM
    Thanks Prasanna for your valuable comment, yes the job design creates benefits to both sides.

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  10. JinendranOctober 20, 2019 at 7:46 AM

    Jehan RahimanOctober 12, 2019 at 5:47 AM
    Agreed with you. Job design directly impacts on staff turnover because it can motivate or demotivate employees while effecting to their moral and loyalty.

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