Dunn and Wilson scholarship project 1997 Job Descriptions: improving their currency, accuracy and usefulness
Appendix 1: Purpose of job descriptions
(from literature review)
| Purpose of job descriptions |
| Author |
Selection and recruitment |
Performance management |
Understanding role in org. |
Identify training |
Career development |
Induction/
orientation |
| Jones 1996 |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
| Ray and Hawthorne 1993 |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
| Grant 1989 |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Plachy and Plachy 1993 |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
| Drummond 1994 |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
| Giles 1995 |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
| Degner 1995 |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
| Sattler and Doniek 1993 |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
|
| DeLon 1994 |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
| Meng 1992 |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
| Lemos 1994 |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
| Sahl 1994 |
|
|
X |
X |
|
|
| Allen 1990 |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
| How to write job descriptions the easy way 1993 |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
|
| Cervenka 1997 |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
| Russell 1996 |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
| Outcalt and Johnson 1996 |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
| Bust 1990 |
|
X |
|
X |
|
|
| Herman and Herman 1995 |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
| Osbourne 1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
