Question

Adam Sears is an assembly line employee with Swenson Motors. Though Adam is popular among his supervisors and colleagues, Adam experiences low morale and lack of motivation. He feels frustrated that his job is restricted to fixing nuts and bolts on the car parts. He fears that he has no chances of advancing in his career as he cannot completely assemble a car. Which of the following is true with regard to Adam?

A) Adam's job has high task complexity.
B) Adam's job has a high span of control.
C) Adam's job has low role definition.
D) Adam's job has low task identity.
E) Adam's job has high task significance.

Answer 1

The following is true with regard to Adam:

D) Adam's job has low task identity.

Task identity is the amount of a job being "complete" from beginning to end, with a visible or tangible outcome. This is in opposition to just a portion of the task being done. Adam is frustrated that his job does not completely assemble cars and only plays a small part through fixing nuts and bolts.