Job enrichment is a method of job design which involves additional of variety motivators to make a job more meaningful to the employees. The following below are the advantages (importance) of job enrichment to both employers/organizations and employees.
EMPLOYEES ACQUIRE NEW SKILLS
A job enrichment may involves assignment of new tasks which employees are not familiar with, this can help them learn new skills required to perform the new tasks.
BOOSTS WORKING MORALE AND MOTIVATION
Since job enrichment involves addition of motivators such as feedback, autonomy and adding new tasks to a job, it can help to boost the working morale and increase motivation to the employees.
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
A job enrichment can also lead to the improvement of employees performance. This is due to increased working morale and motivation.
INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY
Because employees are highly satisfied with a job, they are more likely to be committed to it. This can increase the overall output (productivity) in an organization.
REDUCE ABSENTEEISM AND TURNOVER
A job enrichment aims at making a job satisfactory. If employees are satisfied with a job, they will be enjoying performing it but also will have a sense of loyalty toward the organization. This will help to reduce absenteeism and turnover.
IMPROVE WORKING ENVIRONMENT
The implementation of job enrichment may involve necessary improvement of the working environment.
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