A manager plans to use the job characteristic model to motivate a particular employee. He shows the employee that his contributions are important and relevant. He is using the core job characteristic of

Task Significance.

Explanation:

Job Characteristic Model is a model developed by Richard Hackman and Greg Oldham. The model suggests that the employees are motivated with the tasks they are asked to perform. The model is divided into 5 core Job Characteristics.

In the given scenario, the manager is using the Task significance characteristics.

Task Signficance characteristics helps to motivate an employee by showing that his/her contribution to task is important and relevant. When employees recognise that the task they are performing is contributing to something else than themself, for instance to society or their group, they feel motivated.

Therefore, the correct answer is Task Significance.

1) the stages a new product goes through from beginning to end, i.e., the stages that a product passes through from introduction through growth, maturity, and decline. 2) the time from initial research and development to the time at which sales and support of the product to customers are withdrawn. 3) the period of time during which a product can be produced and marketed profitably.

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