<sod>'''Job design''' (also referred to as '''work design''' or '''task design''') is a core function of [[human resource management]] and it is related to the specification of contents, methods and relationship of jobs in order to satisfy technological and organizational requirements as well as the social and personal requirements of the job holder.<ref name = Buettner2015b>{{cite conference |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/2.1.2061.1845 |title=A Systematic Literature Review of Crowdsourcing Research from a Human Resource Management Perspective |last=Buettner |first=Ricardo |year=2015 |conference=48th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences |conference-url=http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm |publisher=IEEE |location=Kauai, Hawaii |pages=4609–4618 |isbn=978-1-4799-7367-5 |doi=10.13140/2.1.2061.1845}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Rush|first=Harold F. M.|title=Job Design for Motivation|year=1971|publisher=The Conference Board|location=New York|page=5}}</ref> Its principles are geared towards how the nature of a person's job affects their attitudes and behavior at work, particularly relating to characteristics such as skill variety and autonomy.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wall|first=T. D.|title=International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences|year=2001|publisher=Elsevier|location=Amsterdam, Netherlands|isbn=978-0-08-054805-0|pages=7980–7983|edition=2nd.|author2=S. Parker|editor=Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes|format=Encyclopedia}}</ref> The aim of a job design is to improve [[job satisfaction]], to improve through-put, to improve quality and to reduce employee problems (e.g., grievances, absenteeism).<eod>
<sod>'''Job design''' (also referred to as '''work design''' or '''task design''') is a core function of [[human resource management]] and it is related to the specification of contents, methods and relationship of jobs in order to satisfy technological and organizational requirements as well as the social and personal requirements of the job holder.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rush|first=Harold F. M.|title=Job Design for Motivation|year=1971|publisher=The Conference Board|location=New York|page=5}}</ref> Its principles are geared towards how the nature of a person's job affects their attitudes and behavior at work, particularly relating to characteristics such as skill variety and autonomy.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wall|first=T. D.|title=International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences|year=2001|publisher=Elsevier|location=Amsterdam, Netherlands|isbn=978-0-08-054805-0|pages=7980–7983|edition=2nd.|author2=S. Parker|editor=Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes|format=Encyclopedia}}</ref> The aim of a job design is to improve [[job satisfaction]], to improve through-put, to improve quality and to reduce employee problems (e.g., grievances, absenteeism).<eod>