Occupation-differential construct validity of the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) psychological job demands scale with physical job demands items: A mixed methods research

Ergonomics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 425-439

  Choi, BongKyoo ^a,b   Kurowski, Alicia ^a   Bond, Meg ^a   Baker, Dean ^b   Clays, Els ^c   de Bacquer, Dirk ^c   Punnett, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; clustering analysis; interview; reliability; the United States

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CLUSTERING ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DATA SETS; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING ANALYSIS; INTERVIEW; JOB DEMANDS; MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DEMAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL DEMANDS; SCALE RELIABILITY; THE UNITED STATES; WORKING POPULATION;

RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

EMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859184478     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.645887     Document Type: Article

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