title: Job design and work context reactions among medical technologists.
abstract: This paper examines the interaction between job design and several aspects of work context as contributors to employee affective and motivation responses. Data were collected from 115 medical technologists in 7 medical laboratories. Significant interactions were found between job complexity and interpersonal components of the work context. A positive work context contributed to high affective response when the job was low in complexity, but jobs high in complexity allowed a person to escape from a negative work context by turning to the job itself. The form of the interactions was complex, yielding several practical and theoretical implications.
authors.affiliation: Robert O. Anderson School of Management, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Champoux
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Howard
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D007588:Job Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D009042:Motivation; D012044:Regression Analysis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce