Multimethod Job Design Questionnaire – MJDQ

The job allows freedom, independence, or discretion in work scheduling, sequence, methods, procedures, quality control, or other decision making.

The work activities themselves provide direct and clear information as to the effectiveness (e.g., quality and quantity) of your job performance.

Other people in the organization, such as managers and co-workers, provide information as to the effectiveness (e.g., quality and quantity) of your job performance.

The job provides for positive social interaction such as teamwork or co-worker assistance.

The job duties, requirements, and goals are clear and specific.

The job has a variety of duties, tasks, and activities.

The job requires completion of a whole and identifiable piece of work. It gives you a chance to do an entire piece of work from beginning to end.

The job requires a high level of knowledge, skills, and abilities.

The job requires a variety of knowledge, skills, and abilities.

The job is significant and important compared with other jobs in the organization.

The job allows opportunities for learning and growth in competence and proficiency.

There are opportunities for advancement to higher-level jobs.

The job provides for feelings of achievement and task accomplishment.

The job allows participation in work-related decision making.

The job has access to relevant communication channels and information flows.

The pay on this job is adequate compared with the job requirements and with the pay in similar jobs.

The job provides acknowledgment and recognition from others.

People on this job have high job security.

The job is highly specialized in terms of purpose, tasks, or activities.

The tools, procedures, materials, and so forth used on this job are highly specialized in terms of purpose.

The tasks are simple and uncomplicated.

The job requires you to do only one task or activity at a time.

The job requires relatively little skill and training time.

The job requires performing the same activity(ies) repeatedly.

There is very little spare time between activities on this job.

Many of the activities of this job are automated or assisted by automation.

The job requires fairly little muscular strength.

The job requires fairly little lifting and/or the lifting is of very light weights.

The job requires fairly little muscular endurance.

The seating arrangements on the job are adequate (e.g., ample opportunities to sit, comfortable chairs, good postural support, etc.).

The work place allows for all size differences between people in terms of clearance, reach, eye height, legroom, and so forth.

The job allows the wrists to remain straight without excessive movement.

The work place is free from excessive noise.

The climate at the work place is comfortable in terms of temperature and humidity and it is free of excessive dust and fumes.

There is adequate time for work breaks given the demands of the job.

The job does not require shift work or excessive overtime.

The lighting in the work place is adequate and free from glare.

The displays, gauges, meters, and computerized equipment on this job are easy to read and understand.

The programs in the computerized equipment on this job are easy to learn and use.

The other equipment (all types) used on this job is easy to learn and use.

The printed materials used on this job are easy to read and interpret.

The work place is laid out so that you can see and hear well to perform the job.

The amount of information you must attend to in order to perform this job is fairly minimal.

The amount of information you must put out on this job, in terms of both action and communication, is fairly minimal.

The amount of information you must process, in terms of thinking and problem solving, is fairly minimal.

The amount of information you must remember on this job is fairly minimal.

There is relatively little stress on this job.

The chances of boredom on this job are fairly small.