Brief Description

The Job Diagnostic Survey for Recording Basic Job Characteristics consists of 20 items assessing five key dimensions of job characteristics: job autonomy, job significance, task identity, feedback from the job, and skill variety. It is designed to be applicable across different occupational settings to capture the core attributes of a work position.

Purpose

The aim of the tool is to measure and analyze the fundamental characteristics present in each job, in order to identify factors that influence job satisfaction, performance, and employee motivation.

Scoring Method

Responses are given on a seven-point scale, from 1 = “Strongly disagree” to 7 = “Strongly agree.” The score for each dimension is calculated as the mean of its corresponding items, and an overall job characteristics index can also be derived.

Validity

Confirmatory factor analysis indicated satisfactory model fit for a five-factor correlated model to the empirical data (CFI = 0.93, TLI = 0.92, RMSEA = 0.06), supporting the conceptual and structural validity of the tool.

Reliability

Internal consistency, based on Cronbach’s alpha, was 0.75 for job autonomy, 0.78 for job significance, 0.84 for task identity, 0.82 for feedback from the job, and 0.72 for skill variety, indicating good to very good reliability across dimensions.

Data Analysis and Use

Data analysis may include descriptive statistics, group comparisons, and correlations with indicators such as job satisfaction and performance. The tool can be used for diagnostic purposes in organizations, for designing interventions to improve working conditions, and in research studies examining the relationship between job characteristics and employees’ psychosocial well-being.

References

Tsiggilis, N. (2005). The job characteristics model and the role of self-efficacy in physical education teachers. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Thessaly, Trikala.