Effort-reward imbalance at work and job dissatisfaction in Chinese healthcare workers: A validation study

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 198-204

  Li, Jian ^a,e   Yang, Wenjie ^b   Cheng, Yawen ^c   Siegrist, Johannes ^d   Cho, Sung Il ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Effort reward imbalance; Healthcare workers; Job dissatisfaction; Validity; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 23844457629     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0581-7     Document Type: Article

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