Job Enrichment
Enhancing job vertically; adding responsibility, autonomy, challenge.
Real World
Google gives engineers '20% time' to work on self-directed projects, adding autonomy and challenge beyond their core role — a classic job enrichment strategy that produced Gmail.
Exam Focus
Distinguish job enrichment (vertical — more responsibility) from job enlargement (horizontal — more tasks) to avoid losing marks.
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