1. The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ): An instrument for internationally comparative assessments of psychosocial job characteristics
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Karasek, R., Brisson, C., Kawakami, N, Houtman, I., Bongers, P., and Amick, B
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Adult ,Cross-Cultural Comparison ,Employment ,Male ,Taakinhoud ,Canada ,Arbeidssatisfactie ,Arbeid ,Enquetes ,Japan ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Humans ,Vergelijkende psychologie ,Occupations ,Workplace ,Applied Psychology ,Aged ,Netherlands ,Internationaal ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Social Support ,Statistiek ,Middle Aged ,United States ,Arbeidsvoldoening ,Metingen ,Meetmethoden ,Female ,Psychische factoren ,Taakomschrijving ,Functieomschrijving ,Stress, Psychological - Abstract
This article consists of three parts. Part 1 discusses the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ), designed to measure scales assessing psychological demands, decision latitude, social support, physical demands, and job insecurity. Part 2 reports the cross-national validity, for men and women, of the JCQ scales in six broadly representative populations from four advanced industrial societies: the United States, Canada, the Netherlands and Japan. JCQ scale means, standard deviations, reliabilities and correlations are compared. Part 3 reviews comparison of the intercountry and interoccupation differences in the scales, discusses specific scales issues and discusses the implications of the study for interpretation of psychosocial job asessment questionnaires.
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- 1998
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