WEEK 3
READING 1: The significance of task significance: Job performance effects, relational mechanisms, and boundary conditions
READING 2: AN ACADEMY CLASSIC. On the folly of rewarding A, while hoping for B
READING 1: The significance of task significance: Job performance effects, relational
mechanisms, and boundary conditions
1. WHO were the authors of this article (last names only) and what year was it
published?
- Grant (2008)
2. WHAT is the purpose of this reading and its main conclusions?
- Purpose of the reading:
o Assess the causal impact of task significant on job performance
- Conclusions
o Address unanswered questions about the job performance effects, relational
mechanisms + boundary conditions of task significance
o Although many employees perform jobs that are high in task significance, they
protect and promote the health, safety, and well-being of other people. They are
often distanced from information about how these efforts make a difference.
3. HOW did the authors reach these conclusions? (i.e., the methods they used)
- Carried out 3 experiments and commented on the results to reach a conclusion
- Use of graphs, tables and normal texts to illustrate or develop the arguments
4. WHY do these conclusions matter? (i.e., for our understanding of organisational
behaviour or leadership)
- These conclusions may aid the theory, research and practice on job design
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