Lethabo is the marketing manager at BlueSky Concepts, an management consulting firm. His calendar is filled with meetings with heads of the companies, interviewing new employees, giving interviews to business magazines, attending presentations and seminars in different countries, and the like. Lethabo feels that every workday he has something different to do, and he is rarely bored with his job. According to the job characteristics theory, which of the following is true about Jon's job?

a) It has high moral significance.

b) It has low autonomy.

c) It has high identity.

d) It has low labor equity.

e) It has high variety.

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Asher Reeves

11 April, 13:05

Lethabo is the marketing manager at BlueSky Concepts, an management consulting firm. His calendar is filled with meetings with heads of the companies, interviewing new employees, giving interviews to business magazines, attending presentations and seminars in different countries, and the like. Lethabo feels that every workday he has something different to do, and he is rarely bored with his job. According to the job characteristics theory, which of the following is true about Jon's job?

a) It has high moral significance.

b) It has low autonomy.

c) It has high identity.

d) It has low labor equity.

e) It has high variety.

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e) It has high variety.

Explanation:

The job characteristics theory refers to characteristics or attributes of job that includes a variety of skills, the identity of the task, significance or importance of the task, autonomy, and feedback that results into five things like turnover, absenteeism, performance, satisfaction, and motivation

According to the given situation, the lethado has different things for every workday due to which it results in boredom with his job

This refers to the variety of skills so there is a chance of high variety