JCQ scale reliability and responsiveness to changes in manufacturing process

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 138-147

  D'Errico, Angelo ^a,b   Punnett, Laura ^a   Gold, Judith E ^a,c   Gore, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile manufacturing; Epidemiology; Ergonomics; JCQ; Psychosocial factors; Reliability; Stress; Work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; AUTOMOBILES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 38549131946     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20545     Document Type: Article

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