Five-year stability of job characteristics scale scores among a Japanese working population

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 228-234

  Kayaba, Kazunori ^a   Tsutsumi, Akizumi ^b   Gotoh, Tadao ^c   Ishikawa, Shizukiyo ^c   Miura, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a SAITAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Job strain; Karasek's model; Long term stability; Population study; WHO MONICA Psychosocial Study Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28344435623     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.15.228     Document Type: Article

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