Job design research and theory: Past, present and future

• Published in: Organizational behavior and human decision processes Vol. 136; pp. 20 - 35
• Main Authors: Oldham, Greg R., Fried, Yitzhak
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 01.09.2016; Elsevier Science Publishing Company, Inc
• Subjects: Cultural differences; Employment; Generational differences; Job characteristics; Job control; Job crafting; Job design; Job enrichment; Organizational behavior; Organizational behaviour; Personal characteristics; Studies; Job control; Job design; Job enrichment; Job characteristics; Job crafting

•We review early work in the area of job design.•We analyze contemporary research that has expanded our knowledge of job design.•We discuss several directions for future research in the area of job design. This article reviews the research and theory that have focused on the design of jobs in organi...