Employee reactions to job characteristics: A constructive replication

Abstract

Conducted a partial replication of J. R. Hackman and E. E. Lawler's (1971) conceptual model of the relationships between job characteristics and employee affective reactions. 104 employees occupying jobs aimed at rehabilitating inmates completed a questionnaire involving their (a) perceptions of job core dimensions, (b) internal work motivation, (c) general job satisfaction, (d) job involvement, (e) higher order need strength, and (f) specific satisfactions measured by Job Descriptive Index items. Significant positive correlations were found between job dimensions and employee reactions. While results are in the direction of Hackman and Lawler's finding that higher order need strength moderated the job characteristics-employee reaction relationship, the role of higher order need strength was found to be more complex. (19 ref) (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)