Job Characteristics

Job Autonomy

Hackman, J. R., & Oldham, G. R. (1980). Work redesign. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley. Four items to determine participants work authority.
- Used in Ng, Kok-Yee; Ang, Soon; Chan, Kim-Yin. 2008. Personality and Leader Effectiveness. A Moderated Mediation Model of Leadership Self Efficacy, Job Demands and Job Autonomy. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(4):733-743; Cronbach's alpha reliability=.90.
Spector, P. E., & Fox, S. (2003). Reducing subjectivity in the assessment of the job environment: Development of the factual autonomy scale, FAS. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 24, 417-432.

Job Control

Ganster, D. C. (1989). Worker control and well-being: A review of research in the workplace. In S. L. Sauter, J. J. Hurrell, & C. L. Cooper (Eds.), Job control and worker health. Chichester, England: Wiley. 22 items to assess a range over areas over which people have control at work.
- Used in Bond, Frank W.; Flaxman, Paul E.; Bunce, David. 2008. The influence of psychological flexibility on work redesign: Mediated moderation of a work reorganization intervention. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(3):645-654. Cronbach's alphas = Trial 1 (.89), Trial 2 (.9).

Work Design Questionnaire

Morgeson, F. P. & Humphrey, S. E. (2006). The work design questionnaire (WDQ): Developing and validating a comprehensive measure for assessing job design and the nature of work. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 1321-1339.
- Has 18 dimensions, including Autonomy, Task Variety, Significance, Task Identity, Feedback from Job, Job Complexity, Information Processing, Problem Solving, Skill Variety, Specialization, Social Support, Interdependence, Interaction Outside Organization, Feedback from Others, Ergonomics, Physical Demands, Work Conditions, and Equipment Use
- Has been translated into Dutch, German, Chinese, and Russian

Situational Strength (at the occupation level: a scale developed from occupational information available via O*NET)

Meyer, R. D., Dalal, R. S., & Bonaccio, S. (2009). A meta-analytic investigation into situational strength as a moderator of the conscientiousness-performance relationship. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30, 1077-1102.