Effects of Job Characteristics on Performance of Advanced Manufacturing Technology:an Empirical Examination to Equipment-manufacturing Industry

摘要

Advanced manufacturing technology(AMT)is pivotal for firms to gain manufacturing performance and com- petitive advantage.Job characteristics,as a kind of important factors affecting the implementation effects of AMT ,have become the focus in the field of academy.Based on a literature review,this study refines the implementation effects of AMT into opera- tional performance,satisfaction and competitive performance,and reclassifies the job characteristics of AMT into job autonomy, job responsibility,job complexity and job significance.With a large sample of 307 equipment-manufacturing firms selected from the 2005 China International Equipment and Manufacturing Exposition,linear structural equation analysis(LIEREL)is per- formed to examine the relationships between job characteristics and the implementation effects of AMT.The results show that job re- sponsibility and job significance have positive effects on satisfaction;satisfaction is positively correlated with operational perfor- mance;operational performance positively affects competitive performance.The findings provide the guide for firms to improve satisfaction,achieve higher operational performance and further gain higher competitive by reasonable job redesign.