Which of the Following Statements About Job Characteristics Is True

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about job characteristics is true?

• A)Results of studies using questionnaires have definitively shown that job characteristics cause increases in job satisfaction.
• B)Research in Malaysian samples showed that job characteristics were related to job satisfaction.
• C)Research suggests that changes in job satisfaction associated with changes in job characteristics may be short-lived.
• D)No studies have shown that the five job characteristics are related to job satisfaction.

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Definitions:

Frontal Lobe

The part of the brain located at the front of each cerebral hemisphere, associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech, movement, emotions, and problem-solving.

Working Memory

refers to the part of short-term memory that is concerned with immediate, conscious perceptual and linguistic processing.

Baddeley and Hitch

Psychologists who proposed the model of working memory, describing it as consisting of multiple components including the central executive, phonological loop, and visuospatial sketchpad.

Working Memory

A cognitive system responsible for temporarily holding and manipulating information needed for complex tasks such as learning, reasoning, and comprehension.