Answer:
The Answer is E.
Samantha's job is high in skill variety.
Explanation:
Skill variety refers to the extent to which the job requires a person to possess and deploy multiple high- level skills.
For example, in the question above, Samantha is described to possess the following skills:
She deployed both skills in the execution of her job.
Another example of skill variety would be of an owner-operator of a garage who interacts with customers, performs electrical repairs, does body work and rebuilds engines.
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The question is incomplete,below is the complete question.
Samantha is an emergency medical technician. Yesterday, due to an emergency, she was called to a house where a man suffered a heart attack. She was able to resuscitate the man, and while her colleagues were transporting him to the ambulance she spent 10 minutes calming the 12-year-old daughter, who was home alone with the father at that time. Based on this description, it's safe to say that Samantha's job is high in skill variety,with reference to the job characteristic model,which of the following defined skill variety?
A) The degree to which a job requires completion of a whole and identifiable piece of work.
B) The degree to which work activities generates direct and clear information about performance.
C) The degree to which a job provides the worker freedom Ain scheduling and procedures.
D) The degree to which a job has an impact on the lives or work of other people.
E) The degree to which a job requires a variety of different activities.
The correct answer is option D.
The degree to which a job requires a variety of different activities.
Explanation: The Job Characteristics Model (JCM) describes jobs in terms of five (5) five job dimensions:
One of which is SKILL VARIETY which is what is being described in the question above,skill variety entails the use of various skills and talents to provide client satisfaction and render a holistic care to a client/patient.
Skill variety reduces boredom as well as increasing job satisfaction and motivation.
The other job dimensions according to Job Characteristics Model (JCM) are; Task identify, Task significance, Autonomy and Feedback.
