Question

Kendrick's job responsibilities have recently been changed as part of a decentralization effort taking place at his office. He has been given the authority to decide when a file's status is to be altered, rather than only altering files at his supervisor's discretion. This is an example of
A. task identity.
B. procedural justice.
C. negative reinforcement.
D. task significance.
E. job enrichment.

Answer 1

The given situation is an example of job enrichment

Explanation:

Let us understand the term "job enrichment".

• Giving additional responsibilities
• Providing additional powers to feel the satisfaction of the job
• Organization enrich the job to support indirect motivation
• It is one way to retain the highly qualified employees for longer duration
• This is also done to better utilize the skills which in turn supports the organization to grow better.
• The negative part is that it increases the work load of the employee.