Formulation of Job Complexity Score: Proposal for an Occupational Index that Reflects Job Content.

Occupation is one of the major factors impacting our lives. In Japan, the Occupational Prestige Score or occupational categories have been used as occupational indexes. However, no occupational index reflecting job content exists. This article focuses on job complexity and how to formulate a job complexity score. Data from the 4th edition of Dictionary of Occupational Titles(DOT) and Japan Survey on Information Society (JIS) are used to formulate the Job Complexity Score. This score is formulated in three different ways. Moreover, we investigate the attributes or attitudes that job complexity has an effect on using the proposed job complexity score. Using multiple regression analysis, we found that job complexity has an effect on income, status identification, and the perception of unfairness, even after controlling the occupational prestige score. These results show the validity and effectiveness of the proposed job complexity score. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]