Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of job content questionnaire: Replication and extension in computer company employees

Industrial Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 295-306

  Kawakami, Norito ^a   Fujigaki, Yuko ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Job stress; Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 0029999547     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.34.295     Document Type: Article

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