| Core job dimensions | Critical psychological states | Personal and work outcomes |
Skill variety Task identity Task significance |
Experienced meaningfulness of the work | High internal work motivation |
| Autonomy | Experienced responsibility for outcomes of the work | High-quality work performance |
| High satisfaction with the work | ||
| Feedback | Knowledge of the actual results of the work activities | Low absenteeism and turnover |
note 1: Items in the Core job dimensions column influence the box next to them in the Critical psychological states column. | ||
note 2: The three items in the Critical psychological states column influence the four items in the Personal and work outcomes column. | ||
note 3: Employee growth-need strength influences all of the above. | ||
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