Barriers to Job Enrichment
As the application of job enrichment has spread, a number of obstacles to significant
job restructuring have been identified. Most of these barriers exist in the organizational
context within which the job design is executed. Other organizational systems and
practices, whether technical, managerial, or personnel, can affect both the implementation
of job enrichment and the lifespan of whatever changes are made.
At least four organizational systems can constrain the implementation of job
enrichment: