Reliability and construct validity of the malay version of the job content questionnaire (JCQ) among secondary school teachers in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1254-1259

  Hadi, Azlihanis Abdul ^a   Naing, Nyi Nyi ^b,c   Daud, Aziah ^a   Nordin, Rusli ^a,c  

^a Health Campus ^*  (Malaysia)

^b USM   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

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EID: 33846833893     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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