Development and quality analysis of the Work Experience Measurement Scale (WEMS)

Work

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-161

  Nilsson, Petra ^a,b   Bringséna, Åsa ^a,b   Anderssona, H Ingemar ^a   Ejlertssona, Göran ^a  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Experience; Measurement; Scale; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; WORK; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SWEDEN; WORK; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77649246224     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2010-0967     Document Type: Article

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