Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the organizational justice questionnaire

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-83

  Inoue, Akiomi ^a   Kawakami, Norito ^a   Tsutsumi, Akizumi ^b   Shimazu, Akihito ^a   Tsuchiya, Masao ^a,c   Ishizaki, Masao ^d   Tabata, Masaji ^e   Akiyama, Miki ^a,f   Kitazume, Akiko ^a   Kuroda, Mitsuyo ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Ishikawa Health Service Association   (Japan)

^f TOKYO HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organizational justice; Reliability; Scale development; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 65549120415     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.L8042     Document Type: Article

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