Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS)

To what extent does your job require you to work closely with other people (either clients, or people in related jobs in your organization)?

How much autonomy is there in your job? That is, to what extent does your job permit you to decide on your own how to go about doing the work?

To what extent does your job involve doing a 'whole' and identifiable piece of work? That is, is the job a complete piece of work that has an obvious beginning and end? Or is it only a small part of the overall piece of work, which is finished by other people or by automatic machines?

How much variety is there in your job? That is, to what extent does the job require you to do many different things at work, using a variety of your skills and talents?

In general, how significant or important is your job? That is, are the results of your work likely to significantly affect the lives or well-being of other people?

To what extent do managers or coworkers let you know how well you are doing on your job?

To what extent does doing the job itself provide you with information about your work performance? That is, does the actual work itself provide clues about how well you are doing aside from any 'feedback' coworkers or supervisors may provide?

The job requires me to use a number of complex or high-level skills.

The job requires a lot of cooperative work with other people.

The job is arranged so that I do not have the chance to do an entire piece of work from beginning to end.

Just doing the work required by the job provides many chances for me to figure out how well I am doing.

The job is quite simple and repetitive.

The job can be done adequately by a person working alone—without talking or checking with other people.

The supervisors and coworkers on this job almost never give me any 'feedback' about how well I am doing in my work.

This job is one where a lot of other people can be affected by how well the work gets done.

The job denies me any chance to use my personal initiative or judgment in carrying out the work.

Supervisors often let me know how well they think I am performing the job.

The job provides me the chance to completely finish the pieces of work I begin.

The job itself provides very few clues about whether or not I am performing well.

The job gives me considerable opportunity for independence and freedom in how I do the work.

The job itself is not very significant or important in the broader scheme of things.

It's hard, on this job, for me to care very much about whether or not the work gets done right.

My opinion of myself goes up when I do this job well.

Generally speaking, I am very satisfied with this job.

Most of the things I have to do on this job seem useless or trivial.

I usually know whether or not my work is satisfactory on this job.

I feel a great sense of personal satisfaction when I do this job well.

The work I do on this job is very meaningful to me.

I feel a very high degree of personal responsibility for the work I do on this job.

I frequently think of quitting this job.

I feel bad and unhappy when I discover that I have performed poorly on this job.

I often have trouble figuring out whether I'm doing well or poorly on this job.

I feel I should personally take the credit or blame for the results of my work on this job.

I am generally satisfied with the kind of work I do on this job.

My own feelings generally are not affected much one way or the other by how well I do on this job.

Whether or not this job gets done right is clearly my responsibility.

The amount of job security I have.

The amount of pay and fringe benefits I receive.

The amount of personal growth and development I get in doing my job.

The people I talk to and work with on my job.

The degree of respect and fair treatment I receive from my boss.

The feeling of worthwhile accomplishment I get from doing my job.

The chance to get to know other people while on the job.

The amount of support and guidance I receive from my supervisor.

The degree to which I am fairly paid for what I contribute to this organization.

The amount of independent thought and action I can exercise in my job.

How secure things look for me in the future in this organization.

The chance to help other people while at work.

The amount of challenge in my job.

The overall quality of the supervision I receive in my work.

Most people on this job feel a great sense of personal satisfaction when they do the job well.

Most people on this job are very satisfied with the job.

Most people on this job feel that the work is useless or trivial.

Most people on this job feel a great deal of personal responsibility for the work they do.

Most people on this job have a pretty good idea of how well they are performing their job.

Most people on this job find the work very meaningful.

Most people on this job feel that whether or not the job gets done right is clearly their own responsibility.

People on this job often think of quitting.

Most people on this job feel bad or unhappy when they find that they have performed the work poorly.

Most people on this job have trouble figuring out whether they are doing a good or a bad job.

High respect and fair treatment from my supervisor.

Stimulating and challenging work.

Chances to exercise independent thought and action in my job.

Great job security.

Very friendly coworkers.

Opportunities to learn new things from my work.

High salary and good fringe benefits.

Opportunities to be creative and imaginative in my work.