job enlargement

the expansion of the responsibilities associated with a particular job. In horizontal job enlargement (or horizontal loading), the employee is required to perform a greater number and variety of subtasks of the same level of complexity as his or her existing duties; in vertical job enlargement (or vertical loading), he or she is required to perform more complex tasks and to assume increased responsibility and autonomy.

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Psychology term of the day

July 27th 2024

trinucleotide repeat

a contiguous repetition of the same three nucleotides within a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA). The occurrence of extra trinucleotide repeats in certain genes causes dysfunction, inluding Huntington’s disease and fragile X syndrome.