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be motivated, the worker must believe that it is possible
to succeed and that he or she will be rewarded for being
successful (Vroom, 1964; Silver, 1983).
Turner and Lawrence (1965) initiated the research on
objective characteristics of jobs as applied to work
design. They examined the relationship between certain
attributes of tasks and employees' reactions to their work.
They devised measures of six requisite task attributes:
variety, autonomy, required interaction, optional
interaction, knowledge and skill required, and
responsibility. These attributes were predicted to relate
positively to employee satisfaction, effectiveness, and
attendance.
A summary measure, the Requisite Task Attributes Index,
was derived from the six measures and used to test
relationships between the design of jobs and employee
reactions to them. Turner and Lawrence expected that the
higher a job's standing on these attributes, the more
satisfaction jobholders would experience. Positive
relations were found between the Requisite Task Attributes
Index and employee satisfaction for workers from factories
located in rural towns. The researchers concluded that
reactions to jobs high on the Requisite Task Attributes24
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Lawrence, Robert M. The Application of Hackman and Oldham's Job Characteristic Model to Perceptions Community Music School Faculty Have Towards Their Job, dissertation, August 2001; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2885/m1/34/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .