Reliability (internal consistency) of the job content questionnaire on job stress among office workers of a multinational company in Kuala Lumpur

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-222

  Maizura, Husna ^a   Masilamani, Retneswari ^b   Aris, Tahir ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cronbach's; Internal consistency; Job Content Questionnaire; Office workers; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 62849115694     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509331981     Document Type: Article

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