Understanding Business
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Larry is the marketing manager at Blue Concepts, a management consulting firm. His calendar is filled with meetings with heads of the companies, interviewing new employees, giving interviews to business magazines, attending presentations and seminars in different countries, and the like. Larry feels that every workday he has something different to do, and he is rarely bored with his job. According to the job characteristics theory, which of the following is true about Larry's job?
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