A Field Experiment Assessing the Impact of the Focused Diagnosis Intervention on Job Autonomy

A field experiment assessed the effects of a diagnostic intervention based on the focused diagnostic model (FD) on changes in job autonomy over time. The moderating effects of the FD on the relations of self-efficacy and participative management climate with job autonomy also were investigated. Atotal of 151 health care employeesworking in 34 primary health care clinics completed both the pretest and posttest surveys. As hypothesized, the results indicated a main effect of the FD intervention on job autonomy. The authors also found that the FD moderated the effects of self-efficacy and participative management on job autonomy for those in the experimental condition. As expected, for employees in the experimental condition with relatively low levels of self-efficacy and participative management, the FDcounteracted the negative impact of such lowlevels on job autonomy, whereas no such effect was observed in the control group.