htygod

htygod  a survey on the relation beween job characteristics and employees&apos; need for achievement    beikzad j [1] , azimi f [2] , bahrami b [3] , rezaei o [4]     received: 26 des, 2010 accepted: 9 apr, 2011     abstract  background & aims: in order to attain high human resource productivity in organizations, motivating factors should be considered more. some motivational factors determining performance in organizations are job characteristics and need for achievement. the aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between job characteristics and employee&apos;s need for achievement.  materials & methods: this descriptive correlative study included 168 employees of shahindejh health center who were selected randomly. data were collected using a questionnaire and were analyzing through descriptive and inferential statistics with spss software.  results: there was a significant relationship between job characteristics and need for achievement and its dimensions. age, marital status and sex of the samples, and education level effects characteristics and need for achievement. also there is significant difference between job characteristics associated with success dimensions. (p<0.05)  conclusion: there is significant correlation between job characteristics and need for achievement. in order to increase need for achievement in employees, it is suggested to consider job characteristics in the process of job design.   keywords: job characteristics, need for achievement, motivation     address : islamic azad university bonab branch, bonab, iran   tel : (+98) 9143202978   email: [email protected]   [1] assistant professor of public management, islamic azad university bonab branch, bonab, iran (corresponding author)  [2] master student in public management, islamic azad university bonab branch, bonab, iran  [3] general practitioner, urmia university of medical sciences, urmia, iran  [4] general practitioner, urmia university of medical sciences, urmia, iran