Research on the social information processing view of job design supports the view that:
A) while objective task complexity may be a motivator, social interaction may be an important additional source of motivation.
B) people's perceptions and reactions to their jobs are shaped by objective job characteristics.
C) objective job characteristics are unimportant and do not affect organizational workers' motivation.
D) an objective estimate of a task's difficulty is more important to a person's motivation than a subjective feedback of others.

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The social information processing view of job design suggests that in addition to objective job characteristics, social interaction and communication play an important role in determining an individual's perceptions and reactions to their job. Therefore, objective task complexity may be a motivator, but social interaction can also be an important source of motivation. Option B is incorrect because it implies that only objective job characteristics shape people's perceptions, which is not consistent with the social information processing view. Option C is incorrect because objective job characteristics do have an impact on motivation, as discussed in option A. Option D is incorrect because subjective feedback from others can also play a role in motivation and is not subordinate to objective task difficulty.

Research on the Social Information Processing View of Job Design