How valid is a short measure of effort-reward imbalance at work? A replication study from Sweden

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 526-531

  Leineweber, Constanze ^a   Wege, Natalia ^b   Westerlund, Hugo ^a   Theorell, Töres ^a   Wahrendorf, Morten ^b   Siegrist, Johannes ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SWEDEN; VALIDITY; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REWARD; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955611545     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.050930     Document Type: Article

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