Psychometric properties of the Korean version of the job content questionnaire: Data from health care workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 497-504

  Eum, Ki Do ^a   Li, Jian ^b   Jhun, Hyung Joon ^c   Park, Jong Tae ^d   Tak, Sang Woo ^e   Karasek, Robert ^e   Cho, Sung Il ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care worker; Job content questionnaire (JCQ); Macro level decision latitude; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB SECURITY; JOB STRESS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH KOREA; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THEORY CONSTRUCTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247859201     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-006-0156-x     Document Type: Article

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