Advantages Of Job Autonomy

Introduction

The term autonomy refers to accountability, authority and responsibility. Job autonomy and independence is the freedom which allowed to an employee in his/her job. Job autonomy and independence not only gives an employee a greater job responsibility but also a higher level of job satisfaction. People want freedom in their life either it is job or personal life so when employees have been awarded with job autonomy and independence so they perform better in their jobs and they feel fully satisfied. Job autonomy and independence increases decision making authority in employees primary work tasks. This also motivates employee to perform better and encourages employees to the high job satisfaction, lower absenteeism and turnover. It also saves organization from negative outcomes.

Research

Psychologists at California State University done a research on job autonomy and independence, they gave two task to the participants first one was boring task and second one was interesting but difficult. The findings showed that participants performed better on interesting task rather than on boring task because they worked according to their own interest in the task so “working on something interesting resulted better performance”. Researchers believed that workers who feel free in their choices are more productive because they work according to their own interest and choice so they did not feel tired or dissatisfied with their jobs.

Advantages and disadvantages of job autonomy and independence

Job satisfaction

In job autonomy and independence employees can decide how they will work and fulfill their tasks according to their own methods, higher levels of autonomy results in high job satisfaction. In...

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... good for the employees who work in the organization but also good for the organization’s efficiency and performance. Employees need autonomy and independence which increase their performance and motivation level. Management should invest in programs and trainings for employees which increase job autonomy and independence. When management organize the work they should always keep in mind people’s autonomy because when people feel that they have autonomy they give better outcomes which are good for any organization’s efficiency and success. However too much autonomy can also have a negative impact on organization because it would create laziness in employees and also supervisors would not feel any authority on their employees, management should take care when increasing more of it. So job autonomy is very much important for organizations.